Ahead of Her Time: Abby Kelley and the Politics of Antislavery“[The author] tells this remarkable story with honesty and compassion. Readers will find a wealth of new information not only about Kelley’s outstanding contribution to abolitionism but about the movements to bring about the end of slavery and to advance the cause of women.” —Mari Jo Buhle, Brown University In the tumultuous years before the Civil War, a young white woman from a Quaker background came to embody commitment to the cause of antislavery and equal rights for black people. Abby Kelley became the abolitionist movement’s chief money-raiser and organizer and its most radial member. She traveled hundreds of miles to awaken the country to the evils of slavery, braving hardship and prejudice as well as opening the way for other women, black and white, to take leadership roles. Now the full story of this principled woman has been told in Dorothy Sterling’s compelling biography. |
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... antislavery movement, she believed that the nature of American society had to be changed in order to abolish slavery and root out people's belief in white supremacy. In the factional fights which divided the antislavery forces, she ...
... antislavery movement, she believed that the nature of American society had to be changed in order to abolish slavery and root out people's belief in white supremacy. In the factional fights which divided the antislavery forces, she ...
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Dorothy Sterling. NOTE. TO. READERS. In order to avoid constant repetition, the American AntiSlavery Society is frequently referred to as the American Society, the New England AntiSlavery Society as the New England Society, and the ...
Dorothy Sterling. NOTE. TO. READERS. In order to avoid constant repetition, the American AntiSlavery Society is frequently referred to as the American Society, the New England AntiSlavery Society as the New England Society, and the ...
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... AntiSlavery Society, he depended on Abby as a sounding board and sought her ... antislavery movement. Although Friends had squared their consciences by ... American Colonization Society, which proposed that slaves be freed gradually ...
... AntiSlavery Society, he depended on Abby as a sounding board and sought her ... antislavery movement. Although Friends had squared their consciences by ... American Colonization Society, which proposed that slaves be freed gradually ...
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... [antislavery] is a subject with which women should have nothing to do, because ... Society and was promptly elected corresponding secretary. Her fellow members ... American AntiSlavery Society, the Massachusetts Society, and the Samaritan ...
... [antislavery] is a subject with which women should have nothing to do, because ... Society and was promptly elected corresponding secretary. Her fellow members ... American AntiSlavery Society, the Massachusetts Society, and the Samaritan ...
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... American AntiSlavery Society in a new steppedup propaganda effort. The Seventy—their number chosen to symbolize the seventy disciples Christ appointed to spread his word—were young men who after weeks of intensive indoctrination in New ...
... American AntiSlavery Society in a new steppedup propaganda effort. The Seventy—their number chosen to symbolize the seventy disciples Christ appointed to spread his word—were young men who after weeks of intensive indoctrination in New ...
Contents
The Education of Abby Kelley 2 A Wider World | |
Women Find Their Voices | |
The Call | |
A PublicSpeaking Woman 6 War to the Knifes Point | |
The Notorious Abby Kelley | |
A New Hampshire Fanatic | |
Lord What a Tongue Shes | |
Conflicting Claims | |
Bloody Feet Sisters | |
General Agent | |
The Irrepressible Conflict | |
Nothing Is Done While Anything Remains to Be Done | |
A Lonely Rocket in a Dark | |
Notes Selected Bibliography | |
Along the Psychic Highway | |
Antislavery Politics | |
The Path of True Love and Other Matters | |
Acknowledgments | |
Index | |
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