"Woman, however, like the colored man, will never be taken by her brother and lifted to a position. What she desires, she must fight for."
-Frederick Douglass
July 20, 1848
On the second day of the Seneca Falls Convention, the meeting was opened to the public. Men, such as Frederick Douglass, a freed slave, attended and spoke on this day of the Convention. Minutes of the previous day of the convention were read. Elizabeth Cady Stanton read the "Declaration of Sentiments," and many resolutions and sentiments were added to the document. Some of these sentiments include, "He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice. He has withheld from her rights which are given to the most ignorant and degraded men—both natives and foreigners." At the end of the meeting, the "Declaration of Sentiments" was adopted ("Declaration of Sentiments").
"Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions"
"Frederick Douglass""The Rights of Women"
By Frederick Douglass
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