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Am History Final
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Undergraduate 2
05/07/2011

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DAVID WALKER
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abolitionist in Boston

called for an immediate end to slavery

wrote a pamphlet called The Appeal, which called for action in black men

 

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William Lloyd Garrison
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prominant abolitionist

head of the Liberator, and abolitionist newspaper

stressed nonviolence

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The Liberator
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anti slavery newspaper by William Lloyd Garrison

originally limited print

gained popularity all the way through abolition and the 13th ammendment

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american anti slavery society
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abolitionist society founded William Lloyd Garrison

250,000 members

 

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british slavery abolition act 1833
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abolished slavery throughout british empire

slaves under 6 were freed, though older slaves became classified as apprentices

 

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New England Non-resistance society
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founded at peace convention by William Lloyd Garrison

formed by those who supported his non violence approach

condemned use of force

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Liberty Party Platform
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thought that they constitution was an anti slavery document, and broke off from AASS

 

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Frances Wright
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founded a utopian community for slaves to prepare for emmancipation

wrote views of Society and Manners in America and other books criticising the US

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Lydia Maria Child
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woman's rights activist

shocked her audience with her views on male dominancy and white supremacy

abolitionist

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Sarah Grimke
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author of first developed argument women's equality

through her abolitionism she became sensitive to women's rights

was a quaker but was offended by men in the church

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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wrote Declaration of Sentiments, which initiated first womans suffrage mvmts in US

didn't support 14th and 15th ammendment bc women couldn't vote yet

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Lucretia Mott
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credited as first feminist

wrote Discourse on Women about the restirctions on women

sought to make divorce easier, which turned ppl against her

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Anti Slavery Convention 1840
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held in london

included people from all over the world, with women having limited say

put on by the World Anti Slavery Society

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Seneca Falls Convention
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early and influential women's rights convention in NY

organized by local women with Lucrecia Mott

produced the Declaration of Sentiments, including the right to vote, which many disagreed. 100 of the 300 attendees signed.

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