Abigail Kelley Foster Papers, 1836-1891

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Abigail Kelley Foster Papers, 1836-1891

1836-1891

2 boxes

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SNAC Resource ID: 11629843

American Antiquarian Society

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Foster, Abby Kelley, 1811-1887

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Abby Kelley Foster (January 15, 1811 – January 14, 1887) was an American abolitionist and radical social reformer active from the 1830s to 1870s. She became a fundraiser, lecturer and committee organizer for the influential American Anti-Slavery Society, where she worked closely with William Lloyd Garrison and other radicals. She married fellow abolitionist and lecturer Stephen Symonds Foster, and they both worked for equal rights for women and for Africans enslaved in the Americas. Foster wa...