The Fight for Women's Suffrage | Created Equal | 1
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A Brief History of the American Equal Rights Association
In 18 65, with the end of the war in sight, congress passed the thirteenth amendment. It unleashed a heated national debate over the future of formerly enslaved people and whether they would be granted full citizenship and voting rights. In may 18 66, suffragists held their first national women's rights convention since the war began. They joined forces with old abolitionist allies including lucretia mott, lucy s one and frederick douglas. The following year, the association took its flight to the new state of kansas where a conflict was brewing over access to the poles. There the bond between the parallel movements for black suffrage and women suffrage would be stretched
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