Harriet Tubman |
Harriet Tubman was born into slavery. When she was 28 years old, she was supposed to be sold and seperated from her family. She managed to escape and found her way to freedom through the Underground Railroad. Once she was free, Harriet helped other African Americans escape slavery. She was referred to as "Moses," because she set her people free. Though there was a $40,000 reward for her capture, she was never caught. |
| Harriet Stowe  |
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a powerful book entitled Uncle Tom's Cabin, which was a powerful attack on slavery. |
Grimke Sisters |
Sarah and Angelina Grimke grew up on a slave-owning plantation in South Carolina. They decided to move north since they disliked the cruelty of slavery. Though it was daring for women to speak out, the Grimke sisters became abolitionist speakers and encouraged other women to speak out in public as well. As the Grimke sisters spoke out for the rights of enslaved African Americans, they and other women began thinking about their own rights. |
Lucretia Mott |
Lucretia Mott was one of the women who held the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York. At the convention, a declaration was approved which stated the rights of women. |
Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was another women who assisted in holding the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York. |
Sojourner Truth |
Sojourner Truth was an African American women who was once enslaved. She attended a second convention for women held three years after the Seneca Falls convention. She listened as men argued that women were weak and didn't need equal rights, but protection. Sojourner Truth spoke out against these men and won the argument that women were not weak or frail. |