Category: Anti Slavery

The Seneca Falls Convention begins. The first ever women’s rights convention held in the United States–convened with almost 200 women in attendance. The convention was organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, two abolitionists who met at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London. As women, Mott and Stanton were barred from the convention … Continue reading Anti Slavery Convention in London 1840