History of the United States I / Unit 13 USH1 1848 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Grimké Sisters
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The idea
Sarah and Angelina Grimké were born into a prosperous South Carolina slaveholding family, moved to the North and converted to Quakerism.
In practice
Angelina among the first women members of the American Anti-Slavery Society.
Where people slip
She noted that investigating the rights of enslaved people improved her understanding of her own, which is the link the next entry turns on.
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