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The word freedom has all but one meaning and does not change over the course of history instead a different group of people demand to acquire it and their view of freedom varies from others in history. Rather those who in the similar discourse wish to obtain a level of respect from those around them, them being the people of the United States, be it male or female, European of Britain American usually white, they were the ones who set the bar for who is superior for the time being.Though not every white person of the early years of America was racist, there were some of those who wished to help those in search for freedom. Early male feminists, anti slavery followers in the population, and those who wanted to preserve the Indians and their …show more content…
They see themselves as mindless slaves and have no time to enlighten themselves with books and have time for their Religion due to the twelve~ thirteen hour work shifts because with shifts that long they would just be able to get home perhaps tidy their houses a bit, make food for their family, get their hours of sleep in and continue the cycle and be too exhausted to have any time to themselves. Their voices needed to be heard and no longer shall they continue their cycle from day to day with not a word to say to those in charge. This course of action is one step of many that gears the rights for women into a positive direction. They demanded the women 's’ rights not be stomped all over by the corporations in charge and with enough time and persistence change is slowly acquired in their …show more content…
His morals differ from Douglas’s as Douglas sees nothing wrong and on the contrary hopes in expanding slavery across the nation as well as state that where in the Declaration of Independence refers to white men only. Douglas does not believe in negroes being able to become citizens of America, he underestimates the capabilities of the negro heavily while Lincoln sees that they have a chance to coexist, thought it might not be on neutral terms, since the discourse which is set up at the time will take a few generations to

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