Frederick Douglass, the only Black participant at the Seneca Falls Convention, speaks in support of women's suffrage.
At a Glance
- Date
- 19 July 1848
- Location
- Seneca Falls, New York
- Key people
- Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- Category
- Politics & Government
- Source
- Seneca Falls Convention records (1848) · National Park Service
What It Meant Then
He linked the abolition and women's rights movements at their founding moment.
What It Means Now
His stand is remembered as an early model of coalition for equality.
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