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The Declaration Of Sentiments And Resolutions: Fredrick Douglas And William Garrison

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The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions Women’s place in society has been studied for several years, even today in 2018 it is still relevant. The history of the 19th century is when the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions has proven that women are just as equal as men. This Declaration has managed to make changes and thoughts about the roles women play in society. Women- regarded as particularly susceptible to religious and moral influences- were increasingly confined to the domestic circle, but they became more important within it (Pearson).
The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions was held in Seneca Falls, New York in July of 1848 that spoke on women rights movement in the United States. Out of the 300 people who attended …show more content…

Fredrick Douglas and William Garrison were a part of the abolitionist movement because they fought for the slave to be free and to have independence. Fredrick Douglas wrote three autobiographies about his life and slavery in America. Fredrick Douglas was a runaway slave his self and he sought that he should help other slaves’ runaway as well. A literate slave, Douglas started his speaking career in 1841, when he delivered some extemporaneous remarks on his experience as a slave at an Massachusetts antislavery convention (Shmoop Fredrick). In 1845 Fredrick Douglas wrote his last autobiography and was sent aboard to English where they supported him and paid for his freedom (Shmoop). Fredrick Douglas motto was “Taking as its motto "Right is of no Sex — Truth is of no Color — God is the Father of us all, and we are all brethren," (PBS Fredrick Douglas). When he returned to the United States he met with William Garrison who was also a part of the abolitionist movement. He published The Liberator, an antislavery newspaper, from 1831 until the day all slaves were free (Shmoop). Garrison also organized the first Anti-Slavery Society in New England, and co-founded the first nationwide organization, the American Anti-Slavery Society (Shmoop Fredrick). Garrison was anything but a moderate. In 1832, he …show more content…

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