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Relation to Women's Rights Movement

       In 1848, a group of women gathered in Seneca Falls, New York, to take a stand for Women's Rights in America, especially women's suffrage. This meeting was attended by famous women's rights advocates such as Susan B. Anthony (a friend of Truth's) and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The meeting led to the creation of the National Women's Rights Convention, which was a series of annual meetings/conventions organized to promote women's rights. Subsequent meetings were held in other cities, such as Worcester, Massachusetts in 1850, which Truth attended. In 1851, Truth gave her famous improvised speech at the convention in Ohio. 

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Relation to Abolitionist Movement

       The Abolitionist Movement was an effort to end slavery in America, a nation that supposedly valued personal freedom and believed that "all men were created equal". This effort soon led to the Civil War. Sojourner contributed to advocating against slavery during the Civil War. Her supporters included several abolitionists, such as William Lloyd Garrison, who published "The Liberator" calling for immediate emancipation of the slaves.

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