Enlightenment thinking behind freedom of slaves and liberation of women.
Adhithi Baskar
Enlightenment
- Philosophical though of Scientific Revolution
- Popular Sovereignty
- women's rights
- Freedom of Slaves
- Philosophical though of Scientific Revolution
- Popular Sovereignty
- women's rights
- Freedom of Slaves
Freedom of Slave
- The Enlightenment ideals of freedom and equality were the watchwords of revolution in the Atlantic Ocean Basin.
- In France it destroyed the hierarchical social order to extend political and legal right to all citizen, but later Napoleon and later rulers effectively curbed some of those rights
- In Haiti revolution brought independence from french rule and the end of slavery as well as freedom and equality for all citizens
- In South America it led to independence from Iberian rule ans societies dominated by creole elites
- they turned their attention to issues regarding slavery and women's rights
Movement to End The Slave Trade
- The campaign to end the slave trade and abolish slavery began in the eighteenth century
- Freed slaves like Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797) were amgonst the earliest critics of slavery
- Beginning in the 1780s European christain moralists also voiced opposition to slavery
- Later, it will form a movement
After American, French, and Haitian Revolution
- Anti- Slavery will gain momentum
- Leading spokesman was William Wilberforce (1759-1833)
- prominent English Philanthropist
- He was elected in 1780 for parliament
- He attacked slavery on moral and religious grounds
- After Haitian Revolution, many people started to worry that slave labor would result in more and large slave revolts.
- In 1807 parliament passed Wilberforce's bill to end the slave trade
- Under British's pressure other states also banned commerce in slave
Movement to Abolish Slavery
-Abolish slavery is a bigger challenge than ending the slave trade because owners have property rights in their slaves
- Planters and merchant resisted the movement because they use lots of slaves as cheap labor.
- Wilberforce and other moralist launched a campaign to free salves and abolish the institution of slavery itself.
- Parliament provided twenty million pound sterling as compensation to salve owners and abolished slavery though out the British Empire
- Other states such as France in 1848, United States in 1865, Cuba in 1886 and Brazil in 1888 soon followed what the British did.
- Abolition brought legal freedom for African- American slaves, but it did not bring political equality.
- African Americans had little influence in society, poll taxes, literacy test, and property requirements kept them from voting.
- The white creole elites still owned most property, and former slaves was forced to do low paying jobs, because they don’t have enough rights or power to stand up against the white property owners
- The Enlightenment ideals of freedom and equality were the watchwords of revolution in the Atlantic Ocean Basin.
- In France it destroyed the hierarchical social order to extend political and legal right to all citizen, but later Napoleon and later rulers effectively curbed some of those rights
- In Haiti revolution brought independence from french rule and the end of slavery as well as freedom and equality for all citizens
- In South America it led to independence from Iberian rule ans societies dominated by creole elites
- they turned their attention to issues regarding slavery and women's rights
Movement to End The Slave Trade
- The campaign to end the slave trade and abolish slavery began in the eighteenth century
- Freed slaves like Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797) were amgonst the earliest critics of slavery
- Beginning in the 1780s European christain moralists also voiced opposition to slavery
- Later, it will form a movement
After American, French, and Haitian Revolution
- Anti- Slavery will gain momentum
- Leading spokesman was William Wilberforce (1759-1833)
- prominent English Philanthropist
- He was elected in 1780 for parliament
- He attacked slavery on moral and religious grounds
- After Haitian Revolution, many people started to worry that slave labor would result in more and large slave revolts.
- In 1807 parliament passed Wilberforce's bill to end the slave trade
- Under British's pressure other states also banned commerce in slave
Movement to Abolish Slavery
-Abolish slavery is a bigger challenge than ending the slave trade because owners have property rights in their slaves
- Planters and merchant resisted the movement because they use lots of slaves as cheap labor.
- Wilberforce and other moralist launched a campaign to free salves and abolish the institution of slavery itself.
- Parliament provided twenty million pound sterling as compensation to salve owners and abolished slavery though out the British Empire
- Other states such as France in 1848, United States in 1865, Cuba in 1886 and Brazil in 1888 soon followed what the British did.
- Abolition brought legal freedom for African- American slaves, but it did not bring political equality.
- African Americans had little influence in society, poll taxes, literacy test, and property requirements kept them from voting.
- The white creole elites still owned most property, and former slaves was forced to do low paying jobs, because they don’t have enough rights or power to stand up against the white property owners
Liberation of Women
-Since, the woman participated in the movement to abolish slavery, they wanted to get the same amount of right as the men.
-They think women suffered many legal disabilities as slaves; they believe that they should be able to receive education, enter in field that they like and have the right to vote.
-Even though some philosophers believe that women should only receive education to make them become good wife and mother, some believed that women should have as same rights as the men.
-Women's rights were particularly active in Britain, France, and North America (Americas).
-The French revolution brought increased rights from women, the republican government provided free public education for girls as well as boys, granted wives a share of family property, and the right to divorce.
-Under Napoleon's rule, women lost the rights that they had won in the early days of the revolution.
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902)
-American feminist
-organized a conference of feminist after getting rejected from an abolition event because she is a woman.
-The conference passed twelve resolutions demanding that the law makers grant women rights equivalent to those enjoyed by men, such as right to vote, attend public school, enter professional occupations, and participate in public affairs.
-Even though women's right movement didn't have much success, it still spread a lot of enlightenment thought to backs and women, and laid a solid foundation for the large social change in the 20th century.
-Since, the woman participated in the movement to abolish slavery, they wanted to get the same amount of right as the men.
-They think women suffered many legal disabilities as slaves; they believe that they should be able to receive education, enter in field that they like and have the right to vote.
-Even though some philosophers believe that women should only receive education to make them become good wife and mother, some believed that women should have as same rights as the men.
-Women's rights were particularly active in Britain, France, and North America (Americas).
-The French revolution brought increased rights from women, the republican government provided free public education for girls as well as boys, granted wives a share of family property, and the right to divorce.
-Under Napoleon's rule, women lost the rights that they had won in the early days of the revolution.
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902)
-American feminist
-organized a conference of feminist after getting rejected from an abolition event because she is a woman.
-The conference passed twelve resolutions demanding that the law makers grant women rights equivalent to those enjoyed by men, such as right to vote, attend public school, enter professional occupations, and participate in public affairs.
-Even though women's right movement didn't have much success, it still spread a lot of enlightenment thought to backs and women, and laid a solid foundation for the large social change in the 20th century.
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