1. Abolition & Women’s Rights
Written by: Period 3

2. Abolitionists Call for Ending Slavery (Snakes)
Abolition is the movement to end slavery.
In 1807, Congress banned the importation of African slaves into the U.S.
David Walker, a freed slave, made a pamphlet urging slaves to revolt. It made its way to the South.
William Lloyd Garrison spoke for women’s rights and was almost hanged by a mob. The mayor saved his life.

3. Eyewitnesses to Slavery (Tortoises)
Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth were abolitionist speakers who spoke about their own experiences of slavery.
In 1845, Frederick Douglass wrote his autobiography to show others how badly he was treated as a slave.
Truth changed her name from Isabella to Sojourner to reflect her life’s work.

4. The Underground Railroad (Squirrels)
The Underground Railroad is a network of people who hid escaping slaves.
Both blacks and whites helped slaves escape.
Harriet Tubman was a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
40,000 to 100,000 people may have used the Underground Railroad on their journey from slavery to freedom.

5. Harriet Tubman (Bobcats)
Harriet Tubman was a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
A conductor is a person who led the runaway slaves to freedom.
When she was 13, she tried to save another slave and the overseer fractured her skull.
Her enemies offered $40,000 for her capture.
She saved her parents from slavery and never lost a slave.
She carried a pistol to frighten slave hunters.

6. Women Reformers Face Barriers (Deer)
Men believed that women should stay out of public life.
William Lloyd Garrison stood up to talk about women’s rights.
If you were married your husband was in control of all your land and money.
Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, were some of the women who spoke out for women’s rights.

7. The Seneca Falls Convention (Coyotes)
Seneca Falls, NY in 1848, a meeting held to discuss women’s rights.
Every resolution won unanimous approval from the group except for suffrage, the right for women to vote.
Some men went to support, others to ridicule.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton fought for the right to vote. “All men are created equal”

8. Continued Calls for Women’s Rights (Lizards)
In 1851, Sojourner Truth spoke at a convention for women’s rights in Ohio.
Scientist, Maria Mitchell, fought for women’s rights.
Susan B. Anthony was good at organizing and built the women’s movement into a national organization. She supported laws that would give married women rights to own property.
By 1865, 29 states had similar laws.