1800s Reforms
Emily Dugle
Frederick Douglass
- Freed himself from slavery by escape.
- Became an Eloquent abolitionist leader.
- Began an anti-slavery newspaper called "The North Star"
Abolition Reform
The abolitionist movement did not coalesce into a militant crusade until the 1830s.
Nathanial “Nat” Turner (1800-1831) was a black American slave who led the only effective, sustained slave rebellion (August 1831) in U.S. history.
William Llyod Garrison
- White radical that was also a leader of the abolition.
- Started the newspaper "The Liberator"
Prison/ Mental Health Reform
Dorothea Lynde Dix was an author, teacher and reformer. Her efforts on behalf of the mentally ill and prisoners helped create dozens of new institutions across the United States and in Europe and changed people’s perceptions of these populations.
Prisons at the time were unregulated and unhygienic, with violent criminals housed side by side with the mentally ill.
Educational Reform
Parental empowerment
Principles
Temperance
NO ALCOHOL!!!
During the Victorian period, the temperance movement became more radical, advocating the legal prohibition of all alcohol, rather than just calling for moderation.
It was also perceived to be tied in with both religious renewal and progressive politics, particularly female suffrage.
American Temperance Society
Women's Rights
The first women's rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York.
After 2 days of discussion and debate, 68 women and 32 men sign a Declaration of Sediments, which outlines grievances and sets the agenda for the women's rights movement.
A set of 12 resolutions is adopted calling for equal treatment of women and men under the law and voting rights for women
Prominent 19th century suffragist and civil rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton became involved in the abolitionist movement after a progressive upbringing. She helped organize the world’s first women’s rights convention in 1848.