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Angelina Emily Grimké thanks Anne Warren Weston for her account of Abby Kelley at the New England Anti-Slavery Convention. Grimké "felt assured that she [Abby Kelley] had not rendered herself rediculous [sic]" and hopes she will feel it is her duty to speak for the slave and not find the labor of lecturing "too easy," but will persevere "with simple hearted trust of a little child." Grimké favors Boston over Philadelphia as the next meeting place for the women's anti-slavery convention. She discusses the Declaration of Sentiments adopted by the Peace Convention, which Anne W. Weston has signed. She is convinced that the fundamental principle of morality upon which the Jewish system was founded was the same as the Gospel system of guilt. Therefore, Grimké "could not sign the Declaration which solemnly asserts that Jesus Christ worked the penal code of the Old Testament & substituted for it the forgiveness of enemies." In regard to her domestic life, Grimké considers her household activities of supreme importance in proving "that public lecturing does not make a woman unfit for private duties."
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Letter from Angelina Emily Grimké, Fort Lee, [N.J.], to Anne Warren Weston, 10 mo[nth] 14th [day] [1838]
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Letter from Angelina Emily Grimké, Fort Lee, [N.J.], to Anne Warren Weston, 10 mo[nth] 14th [day] [1838]
description
Angelina Emily Grimké thanks Anne Warren Weston for her account of Abby Kelley at the New England Anti-Slavery Convention. Grimké "felt assured that she [Abby Kelley] had not rendered herself rediculous [sic]" and hopes she will feel it is her duty to speak for the slave and not find the labor of lecturing "too easy," but will persevere "with simple hearted trust of a little child." Grimké favors Boston over Philadelphia as the next meeting place for the women's anti-slavery convention. She discusses the Declaration of Sentiments adopted by the Peace Convention, which Anne W. Weston has signed. She is convinced that the fundamental principle of morality upon which the Jewish system was founded was the same as the Gospel system of guilt. Therefore, Grimké "could not sign the Declaration which solemnly asserts that Jesus Christ worked the penal code of the Old Testament & substituted for it the forgiveness of enemies." In regard to her domestic life, Grimké considers her household activities of supreme importance in proving "that public lecturing does not make a woman unfit for private duties."
date
["[October 14, 1838]"]
year
1838
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No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
4665010
creators
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879
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Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879
Foster, Abby Kelley, 1811-1887
Genius of universal emancipation (Baltimore, Md.)
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
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Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
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Correspondence
Manuscripts
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Text
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United States
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Massachusetts
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Suffolk
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Boston
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1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.
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-71.05
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Holograph, signed.
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Fort Lee, [N.J.]
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dv144179v
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