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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... which was shedding its radiance down her steep and rugged path. —The Reverend Theodore Parker, December 23, 1855 (from the Liberator, January 4, 1856) INTRODUCTION In April 1865, a week before his assassination, Abraham.
... which was shedding its radiance down her steep and rugged path. —The Reverend Theodore Parker, December 23, 1855 (from the Liberator, January 4, 1856) INTRODUCTION In April 1865, a week before his assassination, Abraham.
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Dorothy Sterling. INTRODUCTION. In April 1865, a week before his assassination, Abraham Lincoln said that he had been only an instrument in the freeing of the slaves. The credit for emancipation belonged to the army and to “the logic and ...
Dorothy Sterling. INTRODUCTION. In April 1865, a week before his assassination, Abraham Lincoln said that he had been only an instrument in the freeing of the slaves. The credit for emancipation belonged to the army and to “the logic and ...
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... April meeting of the Lynn Female Society, which she chaired, she was one of seven women appointed as delegates to the forthcoming convention. On May 8 they joined other New England delegates in Providence for the overnight steamboat ...
... April meeting of the Lynn Female Society, which she chaired, she was one of seven women appointed as delegates to the forthcoming convention. On May 8 they joined other New England delegates in Providence for the overnight steamboat ...
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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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