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Women abolitionists --- Women abolitionists --- Feminism --- Feminism --- History. --- History. --- Boston Female Anti-slavery Society.
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African American intellectuals --- African Americans --- African American abolitionists --- African American women abolitionists --- Afro-American women abolitionists --- Women abolitionists, African American --- Women abolitionists --- Intellectual life --- Remond, Sarah Parker, --- Travel --- American Anti-Slavery Society --- Amerikanischen Gegensclaverey-Gesellschaft --- AASS (American Anti-Slavery Society)
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Abolitionismus. --- Abolitionismus. --- Antislavery movements --- Antislavery movements --- Antislavery movements --- Antislavery movements --- Antislavery movements. --- Dissenters. --- Dissenters. --- Dissenters. --- Frau. --- Frau. --- Frau. --- Women abolitionists --- Women abolitionists --- Women abolitionists --- Women abolitionists --- Women abolitionists. --- History --- History --- History --- History --- History --- History --- History --- History --- 1700-1899. --- Geschichte 1790-1865. --- Geschichte 1790-1865. --- Great Britain. --- Grossbritannien. --- Grossbritannien. --- Gro�britannien. --- USA. --- USA. --- USA. --- USA. --- United States.
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"Harriet Tubman: A Life in American History is an indispensable resource for high school and college students about the life and times of anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman, who exemplifies how slaves took the initiative to free themselves and others"--
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This comprehensive study of women anti-slavery campaigners fills a serious gap in abolitionist history. Covering all stages of the campaign, Women Against Slavery uses hitherto neglected sources to build up a vivid picture of the lives, words and actions of the women who were involved, and their distinctive contribution to the abolitionist movement. It looks at the way women's participation influenced the organisation, activities, policy and ideology of the campaign, and analyses the impact of female activism on women's own attitudes to their social roles, and their participation in p
Antislavery movements --- History --- Women political activists --- 18th century --- 19th century --- Antislavery movements -- Great Britain. --- Electronic books. -- local. --- Women abolitionists -- Great Britain. --- Women abolitionists --- Communities - Social Classes --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- Abolitionists --- Women social reformers
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The Westons were among the most influential abolitionists in antebellum Massachusetts, and each of the family's sisters played an integral role, with the eldest, Maria Weston Chapman, becoming one of the anti-slavery movement's most influential members. Looking into the connections among women, domesticity, and progressive political movements, this book argues that it was the familial cooperation and support between sisters, dubbed 'kin-work', that allowed women like the Westons to participate in the political process, marking a major change in women's roles from the domestic to the public sphere.
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In this captivating tale, Randolph Paul Runyon follows the trail of the first woman imprisoned for assisting runaway slaves and explores the mystery surrounding her life and work. In September 1844, Delia Webster took a break from her teaching responsibilities at Lexington Female Academy and accompanied Calvin Fairbank, a Methodist preacher from Oberlin College, on a Saturday drive in the country. At the end of their trip, their passengers--Lewis Hayden and his family--remained in southern Ohio, ticketed for the Underground Railroad. Webster and Fairbank returned to a near riot and jail cells
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Esclavage --- Abolition --- Esclave fugitif --- Women abolitionists --- Antislavery movements --- Underground railroad --- Abolitionists --- Webster, Dekia Ann --- Webster, Delia Ann --- États-Unis --- Kentucky
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In 1858, two black women meet at a restaurant and begin to plot a revolution. Mary Ellen Pleasant owns a string of hotels in San Francisco that secretly double as havens for runaway slaves. Her comrade, Annie, is a young Jamaican who has given up her life of privilege to fight for the abolitionist cause. Together they join John Brown's doomed enterprise and barely escape with their lives. With mesmerizing skill, Cliff weaves a multitude of voices into a gripping, poignant story of the struggle for liberation that began not long after the first slaves landed on America's shores. Michelle Cliff is the author of No Telephone to Heaven, among other books of fiction, and a forthcoming essay collection, Apocalypso. She lives in Santa Cruz, CA.
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