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| sarah and angelina grimke definitions | |||
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| 1 | abolitionists and suffragettes. the sisters came from south carolina in a aristocratic family, with an episcopalian judge who owned slaves father. both sisters became abolitionists, and after converting to the quaker faith, they joined society of friends. in 1835, angela wrote an anti-slavery letter to abolitionist leader william lloyd garrison, who published it in, the liberator. they spoke at abolitionist meetings. in 1837, angelina was invited to be the first woman to speak at the massachusetts state legislature. sarah and angelina grimke wrote letter on the condition of women and the equality of the sexes (1837) - objecting to male opposition to their anti-slavery activities. | 4 sets | |
| 2 | left dad's sc slave plantation, converted to quakerism and took up abolitionist cause in phili. "american slavery as it is: testimony of 100 witnesses" 1839: set out to tell of the actual conditions of slaves in the us. | 2 sets | |
| 3 | a woman who published a pamphlet arguing for equal rights of women called "letters on the equality of the sexes and the condition of women". she also argued for equal education opportunities. | 1 set | |
| 4 | daughters of a south carolina slaveowner. became quakers and then worked for emancipation, published anti-slavery pamphlets, made speeches, and presented an anti-slavery petition to the massachusetts legislature that was signed by 20,000 women | 1 set | |
| 5 | among the first women to speak out publicly against slavery | 1 set | |
| 6 | worked for emancipation, became quakers, published anti-slavery pamphlets, made speeches, presented a petition signed by 20,000 women | 1 set | |
| 7 | spoke eloquently for womans rights and one of them published an appeal to christian women of the south.. | 1 set | |
| 8 | quaker sisters from south carolina who came north and became active in the abolitionist movement; angelina married theodore weld, a leading abolitionist and sarah wrote and lectured on a variety of reforms including women's rights and abolition. | 1 set | |
| 9 | abolitionists and suffragettes. the sisters came from south carolina plantation. both sisters became abolitionists, and converted to the quaker faith. in 1835, angela wrote an anti-slavery letter to abolitionist leader william lloyd garrison, who published it secretly, in, the liberator. they were speakers at abolitionist meetings. in 1837, angelina was invited to be the first woman to speak at the massachusetts state legislature. wrote letter on the condition of women and the equality of the sexes (1837) - objecting to male opposition to their anti-slavery activities. | 1 set | |
| 10 | daughters of a soutch carolina slave owner. became abolitionists. raised money for the cause. they also organized petition drives | 1 set | |
| 11 | southern sisters who left their homes in carolina and moved north to work openly against slavery | 1 set | |
| 12 | american sisters and reformers, they were the daughters of slaveholding family from south carolina who became antislavery supporters and lecturers for the american anti-slavery society. they also took up the women's rights campaign | 1 set | |
| 13 | first women to speak on behalf of the american anti-slavery society | 1 set | |
| 14 | the first women to speak out publicly against slavery. they asked for slaves as inheritance and promptly freed them. | 1 set | |
| 15 | antislavery crusaders and women's rights advocates (angelina was the first woman ever permitted to address a legislative body in the united states | 1 set | |
| 16 | used passionate speeches and biblical rhetoric to promote feminism and abolitionism | 1 set | |
| 17 | leaders in the abolitionist movement. | 1 set | |
| 18 | leaders in the abolitionists movement | 1 set | |
| 19 | these sisters became active and outspoken abolitionists and ignored attacks by men who claimed that their activism was inappropriate to their gender. the argued that men and women were created equal. | 1 set | |
| 20 | african american equality | 1 set | |
| 21 | leaders in the abolitionist movement | 1 set | |
| 22 | who was/were the first woman/women to publicly argue for abolition of slavery | 1 set | |
| 23 | daughters of a south carolina slaveholder. angelina published an appeal to christian women of the south, which called upon women to overthrow the system of oppression and cruelty. they also raised money, distributed literature and collected signatures for petitions for congress. | 1 set | |
| 24 | from the south, sisters that were abolitionists and women's rights supporters | 1 set | |