Council. In the president travels to minnesota to give remarks on the economy live at 3 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. In 1840 eight, convention was held in seneca falls, new york, discussed the state of womens rights in the country. This was the beginning of the womens Suffrage Movement. 1920 four women to earn the right to vote. During those years, would form,s creating a national movement. It was women in every community who led the effort in their towns and states to amend rights. Some ofintroduce you to these women who dedicated their lives to this cause. You will learn why western territories in states where on the leading edge of the movement. And you will hear how a letter from a mother to her son would lead to the ratification of the 19th amendment, giving women the rights to vote. York,in in syracuse, new where an author talks about one of the movementss known figures, Lucretia Mott. She was born on the island of nantucket. But she lived most of her life in philadelphia. That was
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Of earlier discussions about the meaning of fremont when we thought about free communities, free black folks in the north and the south and how we came up with this way of representing freedom as freedom with a line through it. Not quite freedom to freedom. Right, this question of freedom and what did it mean. And so, for today were going to be talking about what did freedom mean and in particular, well be thinking about what did freedom mean to the free people, right. And in 19 january of 1865, secretary of war, Edwin Stanton and Union General William Sherman had a meeting with 20 preachers in savannah, georgia, and they wanted to find out from these preachers basically what is it that free people wanted from freedom . What did they expect and particularly wanted to know what did they expect in the aftermath of the emancipation proclamation. The group of 20 people, who was representative of free black folks in the community, selected one person, garrison frazier, a 67yearold man, to b
What does it mean. For today, we are going to be talking about what did freedom mean and in particular, what did freedom mean to the free people . In january of 1865, the secretary of war Edward Stanton and Union General William Sherman had a meeting with 20 preachers in savannah georgia. They were preachers, pastors, late Church Leaders and they wanted to find out from these preachers basically what is it that free people wanted from freedom . What did they expect . Particularly, what did they expect in the aftermath of the emancipation proclamation . The group of 20 people whose ostensibly rebranded of of free black folks and the community selected garrison frazier, a 67 year old man to be the representative of the community. To speak for them. General sherman asked them, or asked him, basically what did he understand freedom to me especially in light of the emancipation proclamation . He said basically taking us from under the yoke of bondage and placing us where we can reach the po
Today, we areso going to be talking about the meaning of freedom. I wanted to capture our earlier discussions about the meaning of freedom when we thought about free communities, free black folks in the north and south and how we came up with this way of representing freedom as freedom with a line through it, not quite freedom. Freedom to freedom, this question of freedom and what does it mean. We will talk about what did freedom mean and in particular what did freedom mean to the free people. January of 1865 edwin stanton, secretary of war, and Union General William Sherman had a meeting with 20 preachers in savannah, georgia. They were pastors, lay church leaders. They wanted to find out from these preachers basically what is it that free people want from freedom . What did they expect in the aftermath of the emancipation proclamation . People who were ostensibly representatives of free black folks in the community selected one person, garrison frazier, a 60 sevenyearold man to be th