On July 19-20, 1848, Frederick Douglass attended the Seneca Falls Convention, the first women’s rights convention in the United States. He was a strong supporter of women’s rights and played a key role in advocating for the passage of the Declaration of Sentiments, a document drafted by Elizabeth Cady Stanton that called for gender equality, including women’s suffrage.

During the convention, Douglass passionately spoke in favor of women’s right to vote, arguing that without the ballot, women could never achieve true equality. He defended Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who faced criticism for including women’s suffrage in the declaration, and used his platform as an influential abolitionist and newspaper editor to promote the cause.

His newspaper, The North Star, later published an editorial stating:

“In respect to political rights, we hold woman to be justly entitled to all we claim for man.”

Douglass’s presence at Seneca Falls showed the intersection of abolitionism and women’s rights, highlighting his belief in universal equality.