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.
My opinion is that women have always been drawn at the short end of voicing their opinion, mostly in political aspects in the history. Without those who have power to let them voice their opinion and be part of the freeing of slavery.
ReplyDeleteThere were some men who supported women for acting up in the movement, who felt that slavery was an unfair trade
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