Women abolitionists
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Abolitionist Movement Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 01101
Scope and Contents
Letters, a speech, and a photograph relating to the abolitionist movement in the United States. Correspondents include: Theodore Dwight Weld (1803-1895) of Lane Seminary, Elizur Wright (1804-1885), Secretary of the American Anti-Slavery Society, Gerrit Smith (1797-1874), philanthropist and reformer, Henry Grew (1782-1862), Quaker abolitionist, William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879), prominent abolitionist, and Parker Pillsbury (1809-1898), abolitionist author. Subjects include abolition tactics...
Dates:
1834-1888
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Elizabeth C. Chaplin Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 00779
Scope and Contents
Diary of Elizabeth C. Chaplin of Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1862, that reflects strong political opinions and abolitionist conviction. The following is excerpted for the description of the seller: "She was an active Republican and supporter of President Abraham Lincoln and went to plays and meeting with strong Abolitionists messages. In the very first entry she says, “she took the cars to Boston. My niece Mary Story met with me to see the play called the Octagon, preformed. It represented life...
Dates:
1862, 1896
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center