Brutality Of Women In The 1800s

In the 1800s-1850s numerous groups and individuals had to fight for equality under the oppression of the government and their fellow Americans. The brutality of slavery began to spread throughout these years and the escape of slaves from the south to the north that brought along their stories showcased the brutality of slavery. This made the northerners start to oppose slavery harder and abolitionists began to speak out. Women were another group affected by the oppression of the government and the system. Seen as lower than men, women had many restrictions on what they could do in life. Women during this time were either in the house taking care of the children or working in a textile factory. These groups however didn’t lie down and except

Angelina gathers women together to keep pushing the goals of abolitionists with this address. Not only the writing from big influencers were popular, personal narratives from slaves were popular as well and were one of the major ways of showing the brutality of slavery. Slave narratives were very effective in informing the north on what was happening down south. One of these being Fredrick Douglass who escaped from slavery and fled up north. He taught himself how to read and write and became a very popular abolitionist. He created his own autobiography called Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Pbs.org featured the popularity of this narrative by stating, “Frederick Douglass’ Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass sold 30,000 copies between 1845 and 1860…” 30,000 copies is a tremendous amount of copies to be sold during this time and it shined light on how terrible slavery was. Frederick Douglass and other escaped slaves like him also went on tours to give the speeches of the horrendous experiences he had. Pbs also states, “In addition to publishing their narratives, former slaves became anti-slavery lecturers and went on tour. They told their stories to audiences throughout the

This was one of the major counter arguments used against slavery and for women’s rights. Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a woman” speech became very popular in the women’s rights movement, but it wasn’t the original speech which was published by Marius Robinson in 1851 as well as another version in 1863 by Frances Gage which changed the words to represent a stereotypical southern black slave accent. In the original speech at the Akron, Ohio woman’s rights convention, Sojourner Truth brought up religion and how even though those believe Eve caused men to sin which in their point of view makes women below men, Jesus came into the world from God and a woman, not a man. She states, “I can’t read, but I can hear. I have heard the bible and have learned that Eve caused man to sin.” She addresses the argument that Eve, a woman, caused men to sin which religious men may hold against women. She then counters that by saying, “And how came Jesus into the world? Through God who created him and woman who bore him. Man, where is your part?” Sojourner truth uses this as a counter argument to state that the savior of their religion was born from a woman and had nothing to do with a man. This counters the argument that women brought sin because they also brought Jesus. Religion was also brought up to counter pro-slavery people by saying it was against God to have slavery. Angelina in her second address brought up in the first body