In 1817, free blacks assembled in philadelphia for the first national black convention. a. true b. false flag this question question 6 2 pts nearly all abolitionists, despite their militant language, rejected violence as a means of ending slavery. a. true b. false flag this question question 7 2 pts the demand that women should enjoy the rights to regulate their own sexual activity and procreation and to be protected by the state against violence at the hands of their husbands challenged the notion that claims for justice, freedom, and individual rights should stop at the household's door.