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Who was born in 1797 in New York spoke out against slavery and for womens rights and met Abraham Lincoln in 1864 at the White House?
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Sojourner Truth (1797-November 26, 1883) was the self-given name, from 1843, of Isabella Baumfree, an American slave, abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York. Her best-known speech, Ain't I a Woman?, was delivered in 1851 at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.
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Who was born in 1797 in New York spoke out against slavery and for women's rights and met Abraham Lincoln in 1864?
Sojourner Truth
In 1779 Iwas born in New York. I spoke out against slavery and for womens rights .I met Abraham Lincoln in the white house. who am I .?
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How did Abraham lincoln free slavery?
Emancipation Proclamation and African American Rights
What causes the Lincoln-Douglas Debates?
Abraham Lincoln opposed slavery and Douglas wanted states rights
What were Abraham Lincoln feeling about slavery?
that all men should be free and have equal rights
Why was Abraham Lincoln against the civil rights act?
We are free atlast
What was Abraham Lincoln opposed to?
First of all it is Abraham Lincoln. President Lincoln opposed slavery and he was president during the Civil War. If you are a student, It would probably helpful to look in your textbook. Also states rights' were an issue to him but not as major as slavery.
Who went against slavery first Martin Luther King or Abrahan Lincoln?
Abraham linlcon because he was a live alot earlier. also martin Luther king didn't work agansit slavery but for black rights.
What are the three reason of civil war?
one is slavery two is the election of Abraham Lincoln and three is the rights of the southern states.
Did George Washington our first president like slavery?
yes he beleived in slavery. because he had some slaves. Yes because he didn't stop it. Abraham Lincoln did.
How did Abraham Lincoln represent republican principles during the Lincoln Douglas debates?
Abraham Lincoln represented the republican principles during the Lincoln-Douglas debates by taking a stand against slavery. He declared that if slavery is not wrong, than nothing is wrong. Lincoln predicted that slavery would not last very long and soon eventually die on its own. While there is still slavery in the Southern states then there was to be not slavery in the Western states. Lincoln stated that "I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the whites and black races. There is no reason in the world why the Negro is not entitled to all rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, the right to life, liberty, and pursuit happiness."
Was the North for or against slavery?
against slavery and the south was for slavery!! <3
