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Gender/ abolitionism
Gender roles and abolitionists
Term | Definition |
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domestic sphere | "Cult of domesticity" |
women's role | In the home. "Civilize" her husband and family |
Anti-rights of 1900s women | 1) unable to vote. 2) couldn't own property. 3) no guardianship of children. 4) unable to make wills, sign contracts, file a lawsuit, or initiate divorce |
Sarah and Angeline Grimke sisters | - slaves to husbands and families. - Southern abolitionists |
Lucretia Mott And Elizabeth Cady Stanton | Seneca fall Declaration of Sentiment (Declaration of Independence for women) |
William Lloyd Garrison | "The Liberator": slavery is a moral issue, immediate emancipation without compensation |
American Colonization Society | Wanted to send slaves back to Africa. Free them but not give slaves same rights |
David Walker | Fight for freedom rather than wait to be set free |
Frederick Douglass | "The North Star" |
Sorojurner Truth | "The narritive of sorojurner truth" |
Harriet tubman | "Moses". Helped free over 300 slaves. Huge bounty on head. Served as Union Spy in civil war |
The underground railroad | Path towards canada with series of safe houses on the way |