Sojourner Truth (1797 - November 26, 1883) nee Isabella Baumfree, an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist.
Her best-known speech, Ain't I a Woman?, was delivered in Akron, Ohio at the 1851 Ohio Women's Rights Convention.
There was never anything that said they couldn't speak against slavery in public.
Quakers
The first public stand against slavery in the Americas was in 1688 by the Quakers in Germantown, PA. They argued from the Golden Rule and from the principle against stealing, stealing other humans. The document was rediscovered twice, in 1844 and in 2005.
March 3rd 1837
it would make men angry.
It would make men angry.
It would make men angry
Sojourner Truth
In 1837 Lincoln took his first public stand on slavery when the Illinois legislature voted to condemn the activities of the abolition societies that wanted an immediate end to slavery by any means.
it would make men angry
Answer this question… It would make men angry.
In 1837 Lincoln took his first public stand on slavery when the Illinois legislature voted to condemn the activities of the abolition societies that wanted an immediate end to slavery by any means.