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During the first few years of my life, I grew up on a southern plantation.
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I was born in Charleston, South Carolina
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My sister and I were the first women to be agents for the American Anti-Slavery Society in the 1800’s.
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I became a member of Society of Friends.The Society of Friends was a Christian religious group.
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I left my family's Southern Plantation for good.
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This year I decided to convert to quakerism. Quakerism is where Christians get together to involve themselves in movements.
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Us sisters often spoke as many as six times a week and never fell short of a full audience.
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We were becoming more and more recognizable as abolitions but, we are also becoming known as supporters of Women’s rights.
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I published the “Epistle to the Clergy of the Southern States” in 1836
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Originally, my sister and I just wanted to speak to a small group of women but in late 1836 we ended up speaking in New York to the Female Anti-Slavery Society convention.
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Today, we went all around NYC to pursuade people to go and fill the churches. People need to worship to live a better life.
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My sister and Iwent the the Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society convention in June 1837
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The New England Spectator features my “Letters on the Equality of the Sexes."
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Today we spoke at Oden Hall. Not expecting a huge crown, having thousands of people show up was a huge surprise
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After giving the speech Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses in 1839, my sister and I retired.
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We were invited to attend the Seneca Falls Convention but opted against it.
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I was now an officer of the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
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I am almost 80 and we women, are still fighting for basic rights. Today, I attempt to vote.
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Today I died.
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Today we had a book written about us: The First American Women Advocates of Abolition and Women’s Rights
