In my opion, I think the women in the 1830's played a big part in the Anti-Slavery movement which led helping the Reconstruction of the South. The women also felt a connection with themselves to the African Americans. They both saw each other as being oppressed. The women of this movement wanted to help African Americans get an education and also for poor white people. At the same time, the women wanted to get the same equal rights for African Americans as well as theirselves. In the end the helped the African Americans and saw a connection to themselves for being property of their husbands in the American society, which led to the Women's rights movement.
Back then, slaves could be punished for even attempting to learn or read. The slave owner thought that African Americans were inferior. Later on the whites didn't want the African Americans to have an education because they knew education means power, and they didn't want the African Americans to fight back. Knowing this the Women of the North were at controversy with the slave owners and people that segragated the African Americans. The Abolitionists were persistant and wouldn't give up on getting rights for African Americans and being able to be treated the same. They made this movement hard to ignore which was brought to the nations attention and was a rude awakening for the US.
The abolitionists had to make their mark, so they started many anti-slavery societies. They made numerous attempts to end anti-slavery and segregation and their attempts were successful. The women of this movement did such things as signing petitions, holding meetings, writing literature, boycotting products and giving speeches. Even some abolitionist resulted to violence when trying to bring this movement to a satifying end, but this number was very few.
"They say that the negroes are very well contented in ... slavery.... [S]uppose it were the fact the black man was contented...to see his wife sold on the auction-block or his daughter violated.... I say that is the heaviest condemnation of the institution, that slavery should blot out a man's manhood so as to make him contented to accept this degradation, and such an institution ought to be swept from the face of the earth." - J. Sella Martin, ex-slave
By the words of the slaves, these women knew they had to do something and sought help until they accomplished what they were seeking. Even though it was their idea to work together to get through this, it is said that the African Americans and whites did not always see eye to eye. African Americans saw this movement more personal then the other abolitionists did. Even the African Americans saw this opportunity to stand up for themselves. Such was a black women that was inspired by this movement and her name was Maria Stewart. The first African American women to really stand up for what she believed in and this woman wrote literature about the movement and even gave public speeches, this was a great step for helping the abolitionists and her people. There was also others such as Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman and more. These women helped by "boycotting slave-produced goods and organizing fairs and food sales to raise money for the cause".
A big point of this movement was when the had Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women in 1838 at the Pennsylvania Hall. This convention sparked attention because 3,000 black and white women showed for this convention but his covention, I think wasn't a success because there were mobs that formed outside and tried to sabotage the meeting. After the meeting the mob would verbally assult the women and stoned them. The following day, the same mob burned down the hall when the women had their first convention. Violence also occured in this movement towards the people involved.
The abolitionist and African American had it tough during and after this movement. But their hard work and persistance payed off and left a huge footprints in the US society today. They had to go through alot to overcome this obsticle and they achieved what they sought for. This was a big win for the women and African Americans. This even sparked the Women's Rights movement which also was a large part of US history, but if it wasn't for most of the women and African Americans our society would not be what it is, today.
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i actually did not know that women actually risked their lives to help out afican america. well now i can how they were treated. women had to stay home and cook and take care of her family but now theses days women are doing roles that they had done similar during the civil war like going to the army while during the civil war women had to disguise themsevles.
its cool that you bring this subject up about the civil war. alot of people dont know about how women risked thier lives for blacks. because they felt in the same posititon. "property" and how they were spies. alot of people think women did nothing yet they have been fighting all the way back to the civil war. pretty good stuff haha.
I enjoyed reading your blog. I agree with you when you said that women played a big part in this time period. As well as cooking and nursing the wounded during the civil war they also helped out after the war. Women sort of related to african americans because they were both treated un equally and had to fight for their rights. Because of this i think they were more oopen to help them because they know what it feels like to not be treated equal
This was a big time for women to come out to do their part in the revolution. I never realized that women helped blacks escape slavery to risk their lives. Without this important time period, women might not have the great opportunities like they do now. Great essay.
Hey good blog. I liked how you talked about something different from most other people's blog. I learned a lot of new things. For example, how the women risked their lives to help out blacks. I really enjoyed reading your blog. Good job!!
I really liked your blog. Women back then were almost like slaves to their husbands and not allowed to do much. They had to stop going to school at a point and were considered inferior like the slaves. And they were viewed like that for awhile because black men got their right to vote before women did. But I think you did a really great job on your blog and i enjoyed it.
awesome blog :)
it really shows how powerful women are, even when they were supposed to be "at home taking care of their kids and feeding their husbands." it really shows that the stereotype isn't true. women have always been there to help, in the army and such and are still there today.
we're just that awesome haha
If you think about it, the white men kind of screwed themselves over by providing the african americans and women with a common enemy. The women were being deprived of their human rights, just as the blacks were, and they wanted to do something about it. They definitely paved the way for many generations to come, and impacted life today as we know it.
Your blog was great. it was also very long. everything u said was right.the women did most of the work for anyway if you ask me.theyjust werent treated right, but things have change, and there going to keep changing.
This was pretty awesome, gotta tell ya. You put together a really long, nice list for resaons that people moved west. It lays ground for other blogs. You just forgot to connect it to present times. Other than that, coolio for you.
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