Role of Women in Abolition Movement

                                         Role of women in Abolition movement

Abolitionist movement occurred in the United States to finish the slavery and to create an atmosphere of the atmosphere of a discriminated and peaceful environment in which every person has the same and equal rights. Abolitionist movement is one of the reasons for the civil war in the United States. Initially, it was a small level movement but it was so true and effective that it begins to grow and grew. It became a ball of snow rolling down the hills. As it rolled down it became faster and continue to increase in size.  It began to grow with the drastic effect. At the end, this movement resulted in a war in the United States that is named in the history as the civil war of the America.

Slavery and the trade of the black people in the American society had been in trend for a long time. It started in North America in 1619. This trend continued for many centuries. In the year of 1820, appealed to the Congress that there should be the rule of the pair, one slave and one free. But many appeals and the demands of such movements were not accepted. But this did not settle the matter. An internal hatred continued in the hearts of the affected peoples. In 1837, the first national anti-slavery convention was held in the city of the New York. Again in the next year, another anti-slavery convention was held. (McCutcheon, 1999) In the second convention, the women of the affected community involved and had a meeting in the city of the Philadelphia. `

Women always played an important and key role in the abolition movement not within the America but also out of the America. Initially, women were not considering the part of the abolition movement. But their involvement in years of 1820 to 1830’s cast a very deep effect on the output of the movement. Their involvement did not only alter the output of the movement but also influence an impact on the culture too. But the movement did not stop here. In the next ten years, the struggle of the American women of the affected community laid a pathway that finally leads the issue of the discrimination and the slavery to the state official and the federal government. This turned the anti-slavery movement to a social issue. A female writer Lydia Maria Child who made a lot of fans by writing a book 1833 Appeal in Favor of the Class of America Called Africans. Another dedicated African woman Sojourner Truth escaped to the freedom in 1826 sacrificed herself for the abolitionist movement. She said that before this she was sold to other benefits for their purpose against her will but now she willingly sold herself for her cause.

Not only the black affected women were against the slavery and their trade but the white women were also with them in this humanless act. This was proved when in 1940’s white women along with the black women delivered the lecture, wrote editorials and led the various organizations running under the abolitionists’ movement. The women band their efforts were greatly praised in the civil war.  They were honored with various titles. One of the southern literary messengers tilted the women as “politicians in the petticoat” some male members of the society who were against the abolitionist movement pointed out the involvement of the women in this movement. But any hurdle or opposition could not stop the path and could not lower the motivation of the participants of the war. With the passage of every single day, the movement became stronger and wider.

There were also a lot of the white women who participated in the abolition movement and raised their voice against the slavery and trade of black form African. One of its examples is Anglia Grimke. She belonged to such elite family who had their personal black form slaves. But later on, her thinking changed so much that she participated in the movement of the abolitionist and became an active member of the civil war. By her participation, the history of the time was changed. She was the first white to be supporting the black form community of the United States to such a high level.

The inspiration of the black form community was also raised by the written work. Many books were also written by the black women that played a significant role in maintaining the morale of the people to a very high level.  Some of the ladies wrote the imaginary literature. One of its examples is the Hannah Mores publications. In the year of 1972, Mary Brisket Card strengthens the power of the affected community of the United States by writing various poems. His poems became very famous among the people as a motivational model. Not only the ladies of the United States participated in the abolition movement and civil war for the anti-slavery campaign but women from other parts of the world also raised their voice against the slavery and trade. These writings and poems proved to be very helpful and very motivational for the people who were fighting for their basic rights of the life. Not only this, women also wrote the anti-slavery cameos that were produced by the Wedgwood to nominate the support for the abolitionist movement. Women did not have right to vote in the United States but in these circumstances, the community of the abolition movement was supported by 206 female members. As the black community were a big proportion of the food purchasers, so women in the support of the anti-slavery campaign and the civil movement refuse to purchase the sugar. It happened in 1790’s. in 1791 when the bill of the anti-slavery was rejected in the parliament, then more than about 300,00  individuals of the public refused to purchase the sugar from the shops of the states. (RF.Seidman, 1993) The supporter of the civil war took this step because that sugar was obtained from the lands where black form individual had to labor