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By Kerri Lee Alexander, NWHM Fellow | 2018. Even though Sarah Moore Grimké was shy, she often spoke in front of large crowds with her sister Angelina. The two sisters became the first women to speak in front of a state legislature as representatives of the American Anti-Slavery Society. They also became active writers and speakers for women ...
Angelina Grimké Weld (1805-1879), abolitionist writer and lecturer, was born in Charleston, South Carolina, to Mary Smith and John Faucheraud Grimké, a prominent judge and slaveholder. Following her older sister Sarah, Angelina concluded that slavery was wrong and left Charleston for Philadelphia in 1829. Both sisters became Quakers.
Under the auspices of the American Anti-Slavery Society, the Grimké sisters began to address small groups of women in private homes; this practice grew naturally into appearances before large mixed audiences.The General Association of Congregational Ministers of Massachusetts issued a pastoral letter in July 1837 strongly denouncing women preachers and reformers, and the sisters thereafter ...
15 de feb. de 2007 · Angelina Weld Grimke was born into a legacy of advocacy for racial justice. As the daughter of Archibald Grimke, the second black to graduate from Harvard law and vice-president of the NAACP, Grimké’s heritage of racial equality can be further traced to her grand aunts, Angelina and Sarah Grimke, prominent abolitionists and advocates of women’s rights.
7 de ene. de 2013 · Angelina Grimké, the outspoken daughter of a wealthy Charleston, South Carolina plantation family, believed that slavery was a sin and a stain on the nation....
Cuando Sarah tenía 13 años, nació su hermana pequeña Angelina, e insistió en ser su madrina. Durante toda su vida, las hermanas Grimké mantuvieron una estrecha relación, y a menudo Angelina llamaba madre a su hermana mayor. En 1818, Sarah, de 26 años, viajó con su padre a Filadelfia, Pensilvania. Allí conoció por primera vez a ...
24 de jul. de 2018 · Angelina Grimké’s future seemed clear the day she entered the world. Born a Southern aristocrat in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1805, she was destined to become an enslaver; born female, she ...
