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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... paper, do simple sums, and sign their names—but they do not seem to have set much store by books, save for the Bible. Abby's older sisters all were married, and except for one or two who had gone to Ohio they were raising families on ...
... paper, do simple sums, and sign their names—but they do not seem to have set much store by books, save for the Bible. Abby's older sisters all were married, and except for one or two who had gone to Ohio they were raising families on ...
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... paper on the walls, no carpets on the floors, no easy chairs, pictures, or other decoration. The highceilinged dining room was furnished with long bare tables and backless stools, one table for the girls, another for the boys. The white ...
... paper on the walls, no carpets on the floors, no easy chairs, pictures, or other decoration. The highceilinged dining room was furnished with long bare tables and backless stools, one table for the girls, another for the boys. The white ...
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... papers and planning the next day's lessons. When the last themes had been read and marks duly noted, they joined a circle of lively young women who gathered in each other's parlors to exchange ideas. Anna and Aroline wrote poetry; Lydia ...
... papers and planning the next day's lessons. When the last themes had been read and marks duly noted, they joined a circle of lively young women who gathered in each other's parlors to exchange ideas. Anna and Aroline wrote poetry; Lydia ...
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... ,” “Oh sisters! sad indeed's the thought /That in our land poor slaves are bought,” “Under the sable skin you will find/The richer Jewels of the mind.” (PAS Papers.) In the months following her father's death Abby joined forces.
... ,” “Oh sisters! sad indeed's the thought /That in our land poor slaves are bought,” “Under the sable skin you will find/The richer Jewels of the mind.” (PAS Papers.) In the months following her father's death Abby joined forces.
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... papers poked fun at “the Amazonian farce.” “Yes, most unbelieving reader,” the Commercial Advertiser editorialized, “it is a fact of most ludicrous solemnity, that 'our female brethren' have been lifting up their voices. The spinster ...
... papers poked fun at “the Amazonian farce.” “Yes, most unbelieving reader,” the Commercial Advertiser editorialized, “it is a fact of most ludicrous solemnity, that 'our female brethren' have been lifting up their voices. The spinster ...
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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