Description: Letters of Theodore Dwight Weld, Angelina Grimk Weld and Sarah Grimk, 1822-1844 is a collection of anti-slavery letters written by Theodore Dwight Weld, his wife Angelina Grimk Weld, and her sister Sarah Grimk.The book was edited by Gilbert H. Barnes and Dwight L. Dumond and published in 1934. The bookprovides insight into the antislavery movement of the 1830s and is considered to show that Weld was the driving force behind the movement. Some of the topics covered in the letters include: Woman's rights Weld and the Grimks were abolitionists who also believed in women's equality.However, Weld urged the Grimks to focus on abolitionism, believing that their status as Southerners and former slaveholders made them more effective opponents of slavery. Love letters In 1838, Weld wrote love letters to Angelina Grimk in which he repeatedly desexed her by conflating her with a male friend. Theodore Dwight Weld was an American reformer and leader in the abolitionist movement.He is also known for co-authoring American Slavery as It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses, which is considered to be second only to Uncle Tom's Cabin in its influence on the antislavery movement. Please review the photos for condition and thank you for looking.
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Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Binding: Hardcover
Author: Peter Smith
Publisher: Arkham House
Topic: abolitionism
Subject: abolitionism
Year Printed: 1965
