Women's Suffrage

1. June 1840

   World Anti-Slavery Convention

   In March 1839, a New York abolitionist newspaper called for a convention to unite the efforts of national anti-slavery forces from around the world. And in the summer of 1840, the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (BFASS) answered the call. From June 12 to June 23, the General Anti-Slavery Convention, hosted by the BFASS and later known as the World Anti-Slavery Convention, convened at Exeter Hall in London. More than 500 abolitionists from Canada to Mauritius attended the meeting, and the public proceedings attracted around 1,000 spectators daily.
   Women were barred from attending the World Anti-Slavery Convention. This prompts Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to hold a Women's Convention in the US.
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