Reform Movements
Influence of the Second Great Awakening It was movement of Christian renewal that began in the 1790s and became widespread in the U.S. by the 1830s.
Influence of the Second Great Awakening Women & African Americans drawn to movement because they had no power in their lives, this type of religion would give them power. They became leaders spreading teachings POWER
Power to change things Influence of the Second Great Awakening
William Lloyd Garrison Garrison advocated the immediate emancipation of all slaves, which was an unpopular view even with northerners who were against slavery. He believed that all blacks would be equal in every way to the country's white citizens. American Anti-Slavery Society PUBLISHED the FIRST anti-slavery newspaper, the Liberator
Disagreements Never to get along Again He Believed that the Constitution was a Pro-Slavery Document He Believed that the Constitution was a Pro-Slavery Document He Believed that the Constitution was a Anti-Slavery Document He Believed that the Constitution was a Anti-Slavery Document
Frederick Douglass American abolitionist, author. Born a slave, Escaped and become a world-renowned anti-slavery activist. Important Works: Autobiography North Star, Black Newspaper
Harriet Tubman Most famous Conductor on Underground Railroad Ex-slave 19 Trips = over 300 slaves
Sojourner Truth Slave who was an abolitionist and women’s rights activist. Truth embraced evangelical religion & became involved in moral reform and abolitionist work. Powerful and impassioned speaker whose legacy of feminism and racial equality still resonates today.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton established the National Woman Suffrage Association,. Suffragist and Civil Rights Activist Seneca Falls Convention : July 19, 1848, was the first public meeting about Women’s Rights to be held in the United States
Seneca Falls Convention Declaration of Sentiments a woman’s rights document modeled on the declaration of Independence
Susan B. Anthony After the Seneca Falls Convention, she became an icon of the woman’s suffrage movement. Anthony traveled the country to give speeches, circulate petitions, and organize local women’s rights organizations.
Susan B. Anthony Property Rights Suffrage National Woman Suffrage Association Equal pay for equal work 8 Hour work week Dress and custody reform