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Why would they fight if it wasn't worth it?:
[|^More information on Sojourner Truth] "I did not run off, for I thought that wicked, but I walked off, believing that to be all right."  [|^More information on Frederick Douglass]  Frederick Douglass sought to embody three keys for success in life: [|^More information on Harriet Beecher Stowe] Author of "Unlce Tom's Cabin"(1852) and "Dred"(1856), Harriet Beecher Stowe had a very strong view on African American Rights. She wrote both of these books knowing that they would bring attention to the issue. "…I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, a nd henceforward shall be, free; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, shall recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons." - Abraham Lincoln (Emancipation Proclamation) "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." -Thirteenth Amendment
 *  **Believe in yourself.**
 *  **Take advantage of every opportunity.**
 * ** Use the power of spoken and written language to effect positive change for yourself and society. **

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African Americans are people too! Many people did help abolish slavery, but they are the same people taking the rights away from the people that deserve them and they are the same people that are also discriminating against them. How is that fair? Why are they being such hypocrites? Help us in our fight to gain African American rights! It'll be the best thing you do!

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"Savage Sideshow: Exhibiting Africans As Freaks." __Flickr__. 13 Dec. 2008 .

Shaughnessy, Erin. "How Did African-American Women Define Their Citizenship at the Chigago World's Fair in 1893?"__ Women and Social Movements in the United States 1830-1930__. May 1997. 25 Nov. 2008 .

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