It was remarked in England that women did much to abolish s… - Angelina Grimké

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It was remarked in England that women did much to abolish slavery in her colonies. Nor are they now idle.

Angelina Grimké

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Angelina Emily Grimké Weld (February 21, 1805 – October 26, 1879) was an American political activist, women's rights advocate, supporter of the women's suffrage movement, and besides her sister, Sarah Moore Grimké, the only known white Southern woman to be a part of the abolition movement. Her partner was the abolitionist Theodore Dwight Weld.

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Birth Name: Angelina Emily Grimké

Alternative Names: Angelina Emily Grimké Weld • Angelina Grimke • Angelina Emily Grimke Weld

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Frederick Douglass William Lloyd Garrison Abraham Lincoln W. E. B. Du Bois Ernestine Rose

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But I ask no favors for my sex. I surrender not our claim to equality. All I ask of our brethren is, that they will take their feet from off our necks, and permit us to stand upright …

But it is said by some, our "books and papers do not speak the truth." Why, then, do they not contradict what we say? They cannot. Moreover, the South has entreated, nay, commanded us, to be silent; and what greater evidence of the truth of our publications could be desired?

We may talk of occupying neutral ground, but on this subject, in its present attitude, there is no such thing as neutral ground. He that is not for us is against us

It was remarked in England that women did much to abolish slavery in her colonies. Nor are they now idle. - Angelina Grimké

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