How did the ideas of the Enlightenment advance both the abolition movement and the women's rights movement?

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jamie
Jan 23, 2017

These ideas showed that people had the right to speak up for themselves, and that the were born with certain natural rights.

Explanation:

I think this was especially evident in John Locke's ideas, because he wrote about how the government can be overthrown or changed if it didn't protect the rights of the people.

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