History of the United States I / Unit 13 USH1 1847 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society
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The idea
Black women faced racism from White abolitionists and sexism from Black and White men alike, and so they formed organisations of their own.
In practice
Eighteen founders including Sarah Mapps Douglass and the formerly enslaved Hetty Reckless.
Where people slip
They ran petition drives, arranged boycotts of goods produced by enslaved people, and funded a school for Black girls.
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