Frederick douglass fredrick douglass was born as a slave in the talbot county maryland.
Declaration of sentiments frederick douglass. The 1848 women s rights declaration of sentiments proclaimed at seneca falls was a major milestone in the women s rights movement in america. Stanton drew up the declaration of sentiments that guided the seneca falls convention. Held in seneca falls new york the convention is now known as the seneca falls convention the principal author of the declaration was elizabeth cady stanton. The declaration of sentiments also known as the declaration of rights and sentiments is a document signed in 1848 by 68 women and 32 men 100 out of some 300 attendees at the first women s rights convention to be organized by women.
Declaration of sentiments elizabeth cady stanton on july 19 1848 the first all women day of the convention stanton read her declaration which she modeled off the declaration of independence before a crowd of two hundred women. In the declaration of sentiments elizabeth cady stanton wrote about women s rights to vote. Elizabeth cady stanton documented the historic 1848 women s rights meeting in seneca falls by compiling this scrapbook of contemporary newspaper clippings which include several from the north star founded in 1847 by abolitionist frederick douglass ca. Seneca falls declaration of sentiments.
Women s rights convention 1848 share flipboard email print. Especially after frederick douglass who was in attendance supported it. After he escaped from slavery he became an important leader in the abolitionist movement. Using the declaration of independence as her guide to proclaim that all men and women had been created equal she drafted 11 resolutions including the most radical demand the right to the vote.