Letter from Sarah Moore Grimkè, Brookline, [Massachusetts], to Elizabeth Pease Nichol, 1837 Dec[ember] 18

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Title:
Letter from Sarah Moore Grimkè, Brookline, [Massachusetts], to Elizabeth Pease Nichol, 1837 Dec[ember] 18
Description:
Sarah Moore Grimkè writes to Elizabeth Pease Nichol regarding the books and pamphlets she has sent her and her "English sisters." She discusses emancipation in the West Indies and the anti-slavery cause in Great Britain compared to the United States. She gives thanks to the Darlington Anti-Slavery Society for "the sympathy expressed in the Revolution transmitted to us this thy letter." She asks if Elizabeth has received a French work entitled "Education of mother & the civilization of the human race by women' it is noticed in the Westminster Review. Has it been translated into English?'" Angelina Emily Grimkè also writes a letter following Sarah's in which she describes the anti-slavery work they have done: "we held 90 meetings, which were attended by from 3&400 to 12 &1500 persons. Since I was taken sick we have been staying in the village with some hospital. I did not recover until the winter had set in with its post...we concluded to remain here & spend the winter in sweet retirement." She writes about the reactions and responses they've received during their work, writing "Sometimes a sermon would be preached after we left a place to prove how grossly we were violating Bible principles & female delicacy, Sometimes they were preached when it was rumored we were coming to such or such a town."
Addressee:
Nichol, Elizabeth Pease, 1807-1897
Author:
Grimké, Sarah, 1792-1873
Date:
December 18, 1837
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century--Correspondence
Women social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Women educators--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--England--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Lectures and lecturing--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Christianity
Antislavery movements--Great Britain
Meetings
Women educators--United States
Women's rights--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists
Lectures and lecturing
Societies
Nichol, Elizabeth Pease, 1807-1897
Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879
Grimké, Sarah, 1792-1873
Places:
United Kingdom
England
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 32 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10z119v
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Brookline, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript has a postmarked purple stamp that says "Garrison MSS."
Identifier:
5114641
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.41, p.25
Barcode:
39999085430286