Letter, 1844 June 9, Belleville, to "Dear Friend" [Samuel Allinson] / Theodore D. Weld, S.M.G.

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Letter, 1844 June 9, Belleville, to "Dear Friend" [Samuel Allinson] / Theodore D. Weld, S.M.G.

Letter from Theodore Dwight Weld and Sarah Moore Grimké to Samuel Allinson regarding a committee meeting and convention on slavery and suffrage for free African-Americans.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7970173

Haverford College Library

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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...

Allinson, Samuel, 1808-1883

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Samuel Allinson, son of Bernice and James Allinson of Philadelphia, was a prominent Orthodox Quaker. He was a farmer at Yardville in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, and was also a philanthropist, particularly concerned with penal justice. From the description of Papers, 1812-1856. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 19114172 ...

Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895

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Writer Weld, the husband of Angelina Grimké, was active in the abolitionist and temperance movements. For additional biographical information, see Dictionary of American Biography and Who Was Who in America, 1607-1896 (1963). From the description of Letters, 1880-1890 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007533 Theodore Dwight Weld was born in Hampton, Connecticut on November 23, 1803. An advocate and crusader for temperance, abolition and women's right...