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| person who has been freed from slavery |
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| a slave was more successful in carrying out his plans for revolt. Had taught himself to readthe Bible and believed that he had receied a sign from God to instructing him to lead his people to freedom |
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| nineteenth century movement that sought an end to slavery |
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| a printer who lived in Boston became one of the leading abolitionists |
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| A former slave whose booming voice filled lecture halls with touching stories about the difficulty of his life as a slave |
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| a law which prohibited debate and discussion in Congress on the subject of slavery, some northerners supported them |
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| when inheritance is passed down through the female side of the family |
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| a former slave from New York who held audiences spell bound with her powerful sppech and arguments |
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| movement beginning in the mid 1800's in the United States that sough greater |
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| Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Staton |
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| active reformers, supporting particularly the temperance and abolitionsists causes |
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| Helped found the American Antislavery Society and Philadelphia Female Anti- Slavery Society |
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| attended the Senec Falls Convention, would come a leading voice for women's rights |
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| Married Women's Poverty Act |
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| guarenteering many property rights for women |
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