Abolitionism

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Abolitionism Feminism

• By
• John Callahan

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Objective

• To read, synthesize, analyze and discuss the text
  and related materials pertaining to the
  Abolitionist movement and the Feminist movement.

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Why we study these movements.

• Abolitionism and Feminism are the foundation upon
  which all social reform movements of today are
  based.

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Frederick Douglass

• A former slave who taught himself to read and
  write and became a champion of the Abolitionist
  movement.

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The North Star

• Douglass newspaper in which he advocated
  resistance by African American.

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Think

• What was the importance of having a self educated
  former slave as a primary champion of the
  Abolitionist movement?

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Seneca Falls

• An important meeting of advocates of the Feminist
  movement.

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Susan B. Anthony

• A tireless champion of the Feminist movement.

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Suffrage

• The right to vote.

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Think

• Wyoming was the first state to grant suffrage to
  women. Were the members of this state
  particularly enlightened or were there other
  motives for this arrangement?

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Requirement for Statehood

• Any territory that applied for statehood needed a
  minimum of 5000 registered voters. 5000 men did
  not live in the Wyoming territory so women were
  granted suffrage and Wyoming became a state.

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Who Bridged Abolitionism Feminism

• One charismatic orator was able to combine these
  similar causes without damaging either platform.

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Sojourner Truth

• Born in 1797 in Hurley, NY.
• Birth Name Isabella Baumfree
• Born into slavery
• Sold several times before being freed in 1827
  when NY Abolished slavery.

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Fact Vs. Myth

• Because Truth could not write, all accounts of
  her life and exploits are second hand.
• Writers, struck by her oratory prowess, often
  took liberties with the facts of Truths reform
  agenda.
• The very fact that her contemporaries tended to
  embellish her exploits speaks to the astounding
  attention she commanded.

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Arent I A Woman

• As reported by Marius Robinson, editor of the
  Anti-Slavery Bugle, Salem, OH, June 21, 1851

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Arent I A Woman

• As reported by Frances Dana Gage
• (Twelve years after the actual speech)

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Video Questions

• Where did Sojourner Truth get her name?
• Which amendment to the Constitution granted
  suffrage to women and minorities?

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In class assignment

• Sojourner Truth offered a unique perspective to
  the abolitionist movement because she was a woman
  and a former slave. Do you agree with this
  statement? Why or why not?

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Homework

• Find another member of the Abolitionist or the
  Feminist movement and type a one page paper of
  his or her exploits.

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Bonus

• How might the Abolitionist and/or the Feminist
  movement have been different if the South had won
  the Civil War?
• One page typed. 50 possible points