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How did the ideas of the enlightenment advance both the abolition movement and the women's right movement

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

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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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They caused people to consider how freedom and equality applied to slaves and women.

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