8th Grade American History

Life under Slavery

Long days and TOUGH work

Suffered beatings, whippings, humiliation

Denied life’s basic necessities

Denied educationFamilies separated

Abolition

Fredrick DouglasAn escaped slave

who became an abolitionist leader

Published the North Star about abolition

Served as an adviser to President Lincoln

Sojourner TruthRunaway slaveLeading figure

for women’s rights and abolition

Gave the famous “Ain’t I a woman” speech

http://www.history.com/topics/sojourner-truth/videos#aint-i-a-woman

Harriet Tubman & The Underground Railroad

SuffrageWomen faced limits:

Women could not voteWomen could not own

propertyWomen were not supposed to

speak in public

Therefore the idea of women’s suffrage become very popular during the 19th Century

Suffrage: The right to VOTE

Seneca Falls ConventionFormed a “Declaration of

Sentiments” which was similar to the Declaration of Independence, only it was about women’s rights

Called for voting rights (suffrage) and equal economic opportunities for women

Failed, but started the movement

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Women’s rights leader

Helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention

Susan B. AnthonySupported

suffrage,abolition,

temperance, and Equal Rights