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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... women, for Quakers did not accept the restrictions that other religions placed on that sex. “May not the spirit of Christ speak in the Female as well as in the Male?” George Fox, the society's founder, had asked more than a century ...
... women, for Quakers did not accept the restrictions that other religions placed on that sex. “May not the spirit of Christ speak in the Female as well as in the Male?” George Fox, the society's founder, had asked more than a century ...
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... society and, if occasion required, bear witness against it, Abby learned of Mary Dyer, who, when banned from the ... female schoolmates were also matteroffact and unromantic,§ so much the better.14 Not every student accepted the narrow ...
... society and, if occasion required, bear witness against it, Abby learned of Mary Dyer, who, when banned from the ... female schoolmates were also matteroffact and unromantic,§ so much the better.14 Not every student accepted the narrow ...
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... Society, he depended on Abby as a sounding board and sought her opinion on ... societies in every city and town in the North, to send out lecturers, to circulate ... Female AntiSlavery societies were raising money at sewing bees and fairs ...
... Society, he depended on Abby as a sounding board and sought her opinion on ... societies in every city and town in the North, to send out lecturers, to circulate ... Female AntiSlavery societies were raising money at sewing bees and fairs ...
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... female abolitionists were criticized for stepping out of their sphere—the ... Society and was promptly elected corresponding secretary. Her fellow members ... female societies and reported back on their activities. The women were still ...
... female abolitionists were criticized for stepping out of their sphere—the ... Society and was promptly elected corresponding secretary. Her fellow members ... female societies and reported back on their activities. The women were still ...
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... Female AntiSlavery Society met monthly at members' homes; on other days the women gathered to sew “fancy articles” or to attend lectures at the Young Men's AntiSlavery Society Reading Room. Teaching school, circulating petitions, going ...
... Female AntiSlavery Society met monthly at members' homes; on other days the women gathered to sew “fancy articles” or to attend lectures at the Young Men's AntiSlavery Society Reading Room. Teaching school, circulating petitions, going ...
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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