Letters from Angelica and Sarah Grimké [manuscript], 1838.

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Letters from Angelica and Sarah Grimké [manuscript], 1838.

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Letters to a Mrs Smith concern the Grimké's attempts to get some letters and a package containing "Letters on the equality of the sexes" to their mother in Charleston, S.C., by Peter Parker, since postal authorities were opening and destroying all Grimké mail.

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Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879

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Angelina Emily Grimké Weld (born February 20, 1805, Charleston, South Carolina – died October 26, 1879, Hyde Park, Massachusetts), American abolitionist, political activist, women's rights advocate, and supporter of the women's suffrage movement. At one point she was the best known, or "most notorious," woman in the country. She and her sister, Sarah Moore Grimké, were considered the only notable examples of white Southern women abolitionists. The sisters lived together as adults, while Angelina...

Grimké, Sarah Moore, 1792-1873

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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’s rights. Their ideas were so different from most of the ideas in the community that people burned their writings and angry mobs protested their speeches. However, Grimké and her sister would not let t...

Parker, Peter, fl. 1838.

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