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At the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York, a woman's rights convention-the first ever held in the United States-convenes with almost 200 women in attendance. The convention was organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, two abolitionists who met at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London. As women, Mott and Stanton were barred from the convention floor, and the common indignation that this aroused in both of them was the impetus for their founding of the women's rights movement in the United States.
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In 1848, at Stanton's home near Seneca Falls, the two women, working with Martha Wright, Mary Ann McClintock, and Jane Hunt, sent out a call for a women's conference to be held at Seneca Falls. The announcement, published in the Seneca County Courier on July 14, read, "A Convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women will be held in the Wesleyan Chapel, at Seneca Falls, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 19th and 20th of July current; commencing at 10 o'clock A.M. During the first day the meeting will be exclusively for women, who are earnestly invited to attend. The public generally are invited to be present on the second day, when Lucretia Mott, of Philadelphia, and other ladies and gentlemen, will address the Convention."

On July 19, 200 women convened at the Wesleyan Chapel, and Stanton read the "Declaration of Sentiments and Grievances," a treatise that she had drafted over the previous few days. Stanton's declaration was modeled closely on the Declaration of Independence, and its preamble featured the proclamation, "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights..." The Declaration of Sentiments and Grievances then detailed the injustices inflicted upon women in the United States and called upon U.S. women to organize and petition for their rights.
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On the second day of the convention, men were invited to attend-and some 40 did, including the famous African American abolitionist Frederick Douglass. That day, the Declaration of Sentiments and Grievances was adopted and signed by the assembly. The convention also passed 12 resolutions-11 unanimously-which called for specific equal rights for women. The ninth resolution, which declared "it is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise," was the only one to meet opposition. After a lengthy debate, in which Douglass sided with Stanton in arguing the importance of female enfranchisement, the resolution was passed. For proclaiming a women's right to vote, the Seneca Falls Convention was subjected to public ridicule, and some backers of women's rights withdrew their support. However, the resolution marked the beginning of the women's suffrage movement in America.

The Seneca Falls Convention was followed two weeks later by an even larger meeting in Rochester, N.Y. Thereafter, national woman's rights conventions were held annually, providing an important focus for the growing women's suffrage movement. After years of struggle, the 19th Amendment was adopted in 1920, granting American women the constitutionally protected right to vote.
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At the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York, a woman's rights convention-the first ever held in the United States-convenes with almost 200 women in attendance. The convention was organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, two abolitionists who met at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London.

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Back then, women were not equal as men. Women were treated unfairly and didn't have many rights. Women had lower wages than men, women were not allowed to vote, and many girls were not allowed to go to school. Many women have tried to speak out about being treated unfairly but did not have the authority to do so.

Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton decided to start the first ever women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York. They demanded equality for both men and women no matter what race or gender you are. After starting the women's rights movement, women started to have more rights and soon, New York passed laws allowing women to be paid more and keep their property. The women's rights movement helped women have more rights and slowly help make equality a reality.

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This page gives an overview of slavery in the United States.

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Frederick Douglass was a runaway slave who was against slavery and became the leader of the Abolitionist movement. He wrote a newspaper that was against slavery called the north star.

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William lloyd Garrison was a abolitionist who formed the american anti slavery society in 1833.
He also wrote a newspaper, The LIberator along with isaac knapp in 1831.

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The Abolitionist movement was a movement that tried to ban slavery. Slaves were banned in the North as more people made money off of manufacturing and didn't require slaves in order to work. The south in the other hand needed slaves to help in agriculture as the south made most of their money off of farming. Many abolitionists believed that owning slaves were inhumane and wanted equal rights for all races. This oftentimes caused conflicts as the North were against owning slaves while the South needed slaves to help their economy grow. This soon lead to the Civil War which soon ended slavery in the United States.

Many abolitionists were freed slaves and people living in the north. The abolitionists played a big role in ending slavery as they helped many slaves be free and soon ended slavery in general. One of the most successful events that helped free slaves was the the Underground railroad, founded by Harriet Tubman. He helped save more than 300 slaves to freedom and risked his life for what he believed in. Overall, abolitionists helped bring a end to slavery.