When slavery was still going on in the U.S. white men were known as the supreme people, women and African Americans had much less rights than the white men just because of the way they looked. Therefore, women and slaves fought to have equal rights or the rights of the white man. Although white men had the most rights women had more than slaves at the time so they were fighting for an increase in rights whereas the …show more content…
The women would go into groups and talk about the issues that the society had and figure ways to make changes to end in equal rights. The slaves would group and make peaceful arguments in public asking for changes to society that made them free men as any other man. Each cause had their own ways to make changes whether it be protesting or having meetings and speeches. There were specific organizations that were out to help slaves such as the underground railroad. The underground railroad was a safe haven for runaway slaves it was underground and a way to escape to the north. Women had certain leaders speaking out for them for instance Harriet Tubman not only fought for women’s rights she also fought for the slaves. There were multiple organizations or even individuals fighting for each cause to make a real change that would make for a better