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Who are two women who became well known in the 1840s for their view on slavery?
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Who was known for her excellent bold speeches for women's rights and the abolition of slavery?
Sojourner Truth
Who tried to help end slavery?
Abolitionist is a person who was against slavery and tried to get rid of it. Fredrick Douglass escaped slavery at the age 20 and became the most important African American leader of the 1800's. Sojourner Truth was another powerful speaker. He was an abolitionist and a women's rights speaker. Nat Turner was a slave and thought god called on him to end slavery. The Grimke Sisters (Angelina and Sarah) became well-known anti-slavery activists of the 1830's. They were members of a slave holding family in South Carolina. They did not share their parents support of slavery. They moved to Philidelphia and joined the abolitionist movement. Angelina tried to bring other white South women to the cause.
What did Angelina grimke women to do?
stoped slavery
Why was Sojourner Truth was so important to black history?
Sojourner Truth was born into slavery, and was lucky enough to live around the time of the Emancipation Proclamation. She was set free once it was applied, but she had to leave her children behind. With her new life, she was a reformer and a abolitionist. She became a woman's rightist, anti-slavery speaker, while also supporting religious tolerance and pacifism. She is also well known for her renowned speech "Ain't I a Women." This speech contained information on how she was a women, and how she was able to work just as well as a man.
What were black women called in times of slavery?
panky poo
How did abolitionism and anti-slavery shape American politics in the 1840s and 1850s?
During the 1840s, abolitionism entered mainstream American life. With the publication of anti-slavery newspapers like North Star and political activism especially amongst religious women in the northeast, abolishing slavery became an important topic in politics. Laws such as The Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 both dealt with issues of slavery/anti-slavery, and slavery/anti-slavery sentiments bred the new political party, the Republican party.
Sojourner Truth?
United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (travelled throughout the country arguing for abolition)
How bad did slavery become?
Slavery became a very bad aspect of history. African American men and women were whipped, beaten, starved, overworked, and often killed while in slavery.
Is known for her excellent bold speeches for women's rights and the abolition of slavery.?
(Sojourner Truth)
Who was known for her excellent bold speeches for women's rights and the abolition of slavery?
Sojourner Truth
Thousands of Irish people died in the 1840s when the?
In 1840 The Great Famine happened, also known as the Potato famine. It was the cause of deaths for thousands of Irishmen and women.
Who tried to help end slavery?
Abolitionist is a person who was against slavery and tried to get rid of it. Fredrick Douglass escaped slavery at the age 20 and became the most important African American leader of the 1800's. Sojourner Truth was another powerful speaker. He was an abolitionist and a women's rights speaker. Nat Turner was a slave and thought god called on him to end slavery. The Grimke Sisters (Angelina and Sarah) became well-known anti-slavery activists of the 1830's. They were members of a slave holding family in South Carolina. They did not share their parents support of slavery. They moved to Philidelphia and joined the abolitionist movement. Angelina tried to bring other white South women to the cause.
When did women's underwear start being produced for mass consumption?
1830s to 1840s
Which group was most active in the reform movements of the 1830 and 1840s?
Middle Class
What group was the first to fight against slavery?
Slavery has been around for thousands of years and is still part of society today. In ancient times slaves were the men who became prisoners after loosing a war. Women and children were taken as slaves in raids on villages. Slavery was a accepted part of life for thousands of years, but in the United States abolishing slavery became a movement.
Who was a well known spokesperson for the Anti-Slavery Society who took up the cause of women's rights?
Lucy stone
What were jobs for women in the 1700's?
in the 1700- 1840s women could work in cotton factories along with men and children.
