Angelina Grimké (1805–1879)
Autor von Walking by Faith: The Diary of Angelina Grimké, 1828-1835
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(eng) Angelina Emily Grimké Weld (February 20, 1805 – October 26, 1879) was an American abolitionist, political activist, women's rights advocate, and supporter of the women's suffrage movement. For her great-niece, the poet and author, see Angelina Weld Grimké.
Bildnachweis: Angelina Emily Grimké (1805–1879)
Wood engraving in E. C. Stanton History of Woman Suffrage, [1881?]
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The Heath Anthology of American Literature 1: 001 (1990) — Mitwirkender, einige Ausgaben — 255 Exemplare
American Antislavery Writings: Colonial Beginnings to Emancipation (2012) — Mitwirkender — 122 Exemplare
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- 1805-02-20
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- 1879-10-26
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- Angelina Emily Grimké Weld (February 20, 1805 – October 26, 1879) was an American abolitionist, political activist, women's rights advocate, and supporter of the women's suffrage movement. For her great-niece, the poet and author, see Angelina Weld Grimké.
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They truly were visionaries. Consider this: "Morality, like natural light, is so extremely subtle in its nature as to overleap all human barriers, and laugh at the puny efforts of man to control it."
Angelina and Sarah advocated not only for complete emancipation, they also supported complete equality, and emancipation without expatriation.
The only difficulty in this text to this modern reader was the numerous remarks that exuded anti-Jewish sentiment, stemming from the erroneous religious belief that Jews were responsible for killing Jesus. Angelina's deep Christian faith pervades the text, and along with that is a bias against Jews (and to a lesser extent Catholics, they have one or two snippets thrown their way as well).… (mehr)