Impact of Revolution on women and slavery

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Abigail Adams, the wife of John Adams, also called for legal reform in order to prevent male tyranny over women. Some even went further and called for the right of women to vote. This was still denied to women, however, and it would not be over 100 years later until they were granted this right...
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Despite some small advances for women's rights, there was still a notion of inferiority to men. The American Revolution affected not only political aspects of the country, but social aspects as well. African-Americans and women, two groups of people that had experienced tremendous hardships by white males, began to slowly get the rights they deserved...
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