Worcester Convention of 1850
GPTKB entity
Properties (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
historical event
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| gptkbp:advocatesFor |
immediate emancipation
equal rights for all races |
| gptkbp:associated_with |
New_England_abolitionism
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| gptkbp:criticism |
pro-slavery advocates
|
| gptkbp:discusses |
women's rights
legal rights for women education for freed slaves African_American_rights |
| gptkbp:documentedIn |
historical records
historical texts |
| gptkbp:followedBy |
Worcester_Convention_of_1851
|
| gptkbp:heldIn |
gptkb:Worcester_City_Hall
|
| gptkbp:historicalContext |
pre-Civil War America
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Worcester Convention of 1850
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Second_Great_Awakening
transcendentalist ideas |
| gptkbp:inspiration |
future abolitionist gatherings
|
| gptkbp:investmentFocus |
gptkb:Lucretia_Mott
Sojourner Truth |
| gptkbp:is_a |
the_Civil_Rights_Movement.
|
| gptkbp:is_a_gathering_for |
anti-slavery activists
|
| gptkbp:is_a_platform_for |
social reform discussions
|
| gptkbp:is_attended_by |
hundreds of delegates
abolitionist leaders |
| gptkbp:is_characterized_by |
passionate speeches
|
| gptkbp:is_essential_for |
women's suffrage movement
|
| gptkbp:is_organized_by |
gptkb:Massachusetts_Anti-Slavery_Society
local abolitionist groups |
| gptkbp:is_part_of |
anti-slavery conventions
abolitionist_movement_in_the_U.S. |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Worcester,_Massachusetts
|
| gptkbp:notable_member |
gptkb:William_Lloyd_Garrison
gptkb:Frederick_Douglass |
| gptkbp:outcome |
adoption of resolutions against slavery
|
| gptkbp:precededBy |
Worcester_Convention_of_1843
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| gptkbp:purpose |
to discuss the issue of slavery
|
| gptkbp:related_to |
abolitionist movement
|
| gptkbp:reportsTo |
local newspapers
|
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
increased activism
|
| gptkbp:saw_the_rise_of |
new abolitionist societies
|
| gptkbp:significance |
promoted abolitionist sentiments
|
| gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for |
the Underground Railroad
|
| gptkbp:was_a_response_to |
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
growing tensions over slavery |
| gptkbp:was_marked_by |
calls for action
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| gptkbp:year |
1850
|