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WOMEN'S
RIGHTS DECLARATIONS AND CONVENTION RESOLUTIONS:
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WOMEN'S LOYAL LEAGUE CONVENTION RESOLUTIONS, NEW YORK CITY, MAY 1863 RESOLVED,2. That we heartily approve that part of the President's Proclamation which decrees freedom to the slaves of rebel masters, and we earnestly urge him to devise measures for emancipating all slaves throughout the country. RESOLVED, 3. That the national pledge to the freemen must be redeemed, and the integrity of the Govemment in making it vindicated, at whatever cost. RESOLVED, 4. That while we welcome to legal freedom the recent slaves, we solemnly remonstrate against all State or National legislation which may exclude them from any locality, or debar them from any rights or privileges as free and equal citizens of a common Republic. RESOLVED, 5. There never can be a true peace in this Republic until the civil and political rights of all citizens of African descent and all women are practically established. RESOLVED, 6. That the women of the Revolution were not wanting in heroism and self-sacrifice, and we, their daughters, are ready in this war to pledge our time, our means, our talents, and our lives, if need be, to secure the final and complete consecration of America to freedom.
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