Emancipation and The Ending of Slavery
See Wikipedia's Emancipation Proclamation Article
Slavery was abolished in the United States in 1865, with the ratification of the 13th Amendment. In 1868, the 14th Amendment extended citizenship rights to African Americans. For examples of female resistance see Wikipedia's articles on Phillis Wheatley and Harriet Tubman.
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Famous quotes containing the words emancipation and/or slavery:
“Will women find themselves in the same position they have always been? Or do we see liberation as solving the conditions of women in our society?... If we continue to shy away from this problem we will not be able to solve it after independence. But if we can say that our first priority is the emancipation of women, we will become free as members of an oppressed community.”
—Ruth Mompati (b. 1925)
“No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)