Sunday, 10 May 2015
Grimke sisters and the abolishment movement
Though the Grimké sisters had faded from public view by the 1850s, they played an important role in conveying abolitionist principles in the early stages of the movement in America. And they also were instrumental in bringing women into the movement, and in creating within the abolitionist cause a platform from which to launch a movement for women's rights.
Friday, 8 May 2015
Women and the Abolitionist Movement
In the 1820s American women organized free produce societies; in the 1830s many of these same women organized antislavery societies. Abolitionism held particular appeal for women, regardless of race. Slavery violated accepted ideas of family and
gender relations; slavery encouraged the sexual abuse of slave women and violated familial bonds. The misuse of the enslaved female body paralleled the misuse of free female bodies. Despite a shared sisterhood that attempted to transcend race, black and
white female abolitionists often adopted different attitudes toward abolitionism. White women emphasized moral suasion in their abolitionism. Many white women also held
conservative views about racial equality. In contrast, African American women focused on a broader agenda, including racial uplift alongside abolitionism.
Thursday, 7 May 2015
Wednesday, 6 May 2015
women in slavery
Slaveholders did not value women as much of being worth of them taking them, but yet they could sleep with them for their own good. Some slave owners proclaimed the Gospel to the slaves and preached to them, after that so to say raping them and justifying their sins under the word of Christianity.
Tuesday, 28 April 2015
While women did not gain the right to vote in all sates until 1920, there were still some victories won for women's rights in the period leading up to the Civil War. One of the most notable was New York State granting property rights to married women. This period of activism also set the foundation for the suffrage campaigns that would occur in the early 20th century, along with women's rights, feminist and women of color movements that continue today.
While many women were active in the abolitionist movement they were often kept out of public, leadership and decision making positions. For example only two women attended the Agents' Convention of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1836. Women began to form their own abolition groups, organizing events such as the Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women held in 1837. This convention brought 200 women to New York City, where they called for the immediate abolition of slavery in the US. The delegates argued for an end to slavery based on the often brutal conditions of slavery, as well as the ways in which slavery violated christian principals and basic human right to equality.
Friday, 24 April 2015
the sucess of slavery abolitionist
what cause the success of slavery abolitionist, was is it not because of the society its morals, faith religion and values.
Tuesday, 14 April 2015
Friday, 10 April 2015
Did the Woman joined this movement because they were seen as house
keeping and as less intelligent gender in the Society than man?...
because Rachel Filene Seidman (1993) cited Shirly Yee (1992) that the
black leaders could not afford to suggest that woman were less
intelligent than men, nor could they deny that women
worked outside the home (257).
worked outside the home (257).
Monday, 9 March 2015
woman in the abolitionist movement
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