SUPPORT FROM A FORMER SLAVE

It took the persuasion of Frederick Douglas, a former slave, abolitionist and editor of the Rochester [NY] North Star newspaper to convince the body at the 1848 meeting in Seneca Falls to pass the resolution on Women’s Suffrage. It was a new and very controversial idea that many ministers preached against from their pulpit. A few days later, the press reported on the proceedings. Mrs. Stanton reacted that it was still getting the ideas out there, despite their negative treatment. It would still get women and men thinking about these new ideas. I doubt she imagined it would take so long. She did not live to see their victory.

Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902)

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