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| How often are the words ‘slave’ and ‘slavery’ mentioned in the original constitution of the USA? | They are not mentioned at all. |
| What were some of the main motivations for abolition in northern states, in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries? | To reduce competition for the growing white labour supply, to allay fears over slave revolts, and to respond to changing economies in which urban labour was increasingly needed. |
| What did Protestant denominations such as Methodism and Quakerism, or movements such as Spiritualism, offer many American women in the first half of the nineteenth century? | In their insistence on individual freedom, and their scepticism towards church hierarchies and external authorities, these currents provided many black and white women with an unprecedented opportunity to voice and share their own experiences. |
| Which issues did Sojourner Truth fight for during the post-Civil War period? | Universal suffrage, allocations of government land in the West for African Americans, and an end to racial segregation on streetcars in the nation’s capital. |
| On which three occasions did Isabella Van Wagenen/Sojourner Truth bring suit successfully? | To appeal against the illegal sale and removal of her son, Peter, from New York State to Alabama; to clear her name of false accusations of murder, in the Matthias case; and to appeal against a streetcar’s company illegal imposition of racial segregation, |
| How often are the words ‘slave’ and ‘slavery’ mentioned in the original constitution of the USA? | They are not mentioned at all. |
