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Each State picks whether or not they have slavery
At the Constitutional Convention the delegates came up with a compromise. Each state would decide if they wanted slavery. -
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Grimke Sisters
Angelina and Sarah Grimke were abolitionists and spoke for women's rights. -
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William Lloyd Garrison
Abolitionist writer -
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth and a few other women were responsible for organizing the Seneca Falls Convention. -
American Colonization Society formed
The American Colonization Society would free enslaved workers by buying them from their owners. -
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Fredrick Douglas
Run away slave abolitionist -
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Susan B Anthony
She was involved in the Temperance movement and Women's rights movement. -
New Harmony,Indiana
Robert Owen established new territory. A village dedicated to cooperation rather then competition among members. -
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Temperance Movement
The movement wanted little or no drinking of alcohol. The movement gained victory in 1851 -
New York bans slavery
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African American leaders hold convention
African American leaders held theri first convention in Philadelphia. -
Seneca Falls Convention
Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls,New York. -
Maine bans sale of alcohol
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Harriet Tubman
Harriet was a run away slave that worked as a conductor for the underground railroad. -
Women Suffrage Amendment
House and Senate pass the federal Woman Suffrage Amendment