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Grimké sistersU.S. antislavery crusaders and women's rights advocates. Sarah Grimké (in full Sarah Moore Grimké; b. Nov. 26, 1792, Charleston, S.C., U.S.—d. Dec. 23, 1873, Hyde Park, Mass.) and her sister Angelina Grimké (in full Angelina Emily Grimké; b. Feb. 20, 1805, Charleston, S.C., U.S.—d. Oct. 26, 1879, Hyde Park, Mass.) were born to a wealthy slaveholding family but developed an early dislike of slavery. In the mid-1820s they became Quakers and moved to the North. From 1835 they wrote letters and pamphlets urging Southern women to use moral force against slavery, and they freed the slaves they had persuaded their mother to apportion to them as their inheritance. They lectured on antislavery throughout New England as the first female agents of the American Anti-Slavery Society, enlisting women in the abolitionist cause and becoming pioneers in the women's rights movement. In 1838 Angelina married Theodore Weld, and the sisters collaborated with him. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Her tireless contribution to the abolitionist cause as well as her remarkable contributions has caused her to be viewed as a precursor to the more well-known Grimke sisters. Weld had met the Grimke sisters at the 1836 agents' convention of the American Anti-Slavery Society (AASS), a three-week-long intensive training convention led by Weld to prepare field workers to tour the northern states promoting abolitionism. Catharine Beecher endorsed Philadelphia's Ladies Association in her assault on the indecorous activism of women abolitionists in general, and the Grimke sisters in particular. |
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