Female Abolitionists

"Many women joined the abolitionist cause in the nineteenth century, became as active as men, and were critical to the movement's success. Black and white women alike raised money and awareness and wrote and spoke passionately against slavery, becoming instrumental in spreading that message far and wide. Several of these women wrote essays for William Lloyd Garrison's publication The Liberator, and others wrote books, created pamphlets, and made speeches. This collection of essays and speeches by a bold group of women will educate and inspire all who are interested in this era of American history"--
This original collection of essays, letters, poems, and speeches by 26 of the bold women who joined the abolitionist movement of the nineteenth century century features the work of Phillis Wheatley, Sojourner Truth, Mary Prince, Harriet Tubman, and more.
A Dover Original, this collection of essays, letters, poems, and speeches by the bold women who joined the abolitionist movement of the nineteenth century will educate and inspire all who are interested in this era of American history. The collection includes the work of 26 remarkable women whose efforts, at great risk to their own safety, became instrumental in fighting slavery, including Phillis Wheatley, Sojourner Truth, Mary Prince, Sarah Mapps Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lydia Maria Child, Harriet Tubman, Angelina and Sarah Grimké, and more.