Victory for the Vote. Doris Weatherford
the general unrest and forebodings of the people on the eve of our civil war,” the report concluded, their resolutions “commanded but little attention.” (White abolitionist John Brown and 16 other white and black men were either killed in or executed for their raid on a federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, in 1859. The object of the raid was to obtain arms, promote a rebellion among slaves, and establish a free state for blacks.)
The distractions of the coming war made the Tenth National Convention the last of its type. Held in New York’s Cooper Institute on May 10 and 11, 1860, it was called to order by Susan B. Anthony, while Martha Wright once again presided. Hecklers left this convention in peace, and excellent stenographers detailed the exact words of lengthy speeches that run for almost 50 pages of fine print in the History of Woman Suffrage. Unfortunately, they were not all amicable speeches.
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