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Declaration Of Sentiments And Resolution By Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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The article Declaration of Sentiments and Resolution written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, her topic and argument in the text is that women should have the same rights as men. Also Stanton argues that since the declaration states that men and women are created equally that mean women should be treated the same as men. God did not created one person to rule over another person. Stanton also stated that she does not distant herself from the blacks and slaves, but she sees herself as one of them. Stanton believes that everyone has inalienable rights: “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”. She believes that the government is built to protect these rights to everyone in the country, and when they fail, the government must stand up to correct …show more content…

In many ways women were identical to African Americans slaves. Those who were black could bot own land, so do women. African Americans were denied their rights to participate in many things; such as they don’t have the right to vote, church activities and etc. Perhaps that worst things of all women like being treated slaves, so they could not better than men. The word slave means someone’s property. In most respects, women were regarded as the property of men, just like African slaves. In fact women were so similar to African slaves that the only difference between the two was that women were considered free, but women were not really free. Women at that time is a slave in the house and listen to their husband’s order and can’t participate in any politics events or own anything. Stanton used a lot of logic, reasons and examples to explain how women were not treated like what the declaration stated. She stated that government should used the word “GOD” to identify who should receive the freedom, because God created everyone equally and everyone are the same. So there shouldn’t be any difference between women and men; women and men should received the same amount of rights like men can own house, vote and access in

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In Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s text “Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions,” she states her opinion and the opinion of other women of her time, about The Declaration of Independence and that it is a demand for freedom to one-half the entire race. Which was all men. This text really connects to me and I agree with her view on the subject of The Declaration of Independence. In the beginning of Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions Stanton starts off with a statement about how the course of human events and laws of nature declare that God entitled mankind the position of people among the earth.

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