Angelina Grimké

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Angelina Grimké

Grimké, Angelina

Angelina Grimké

American abolitionist

Also known as: Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké sisters
Angelina followed in 1829 and also became a Quaker. In 1835 Angelina wrote a letter of approval to William Lloyd Garrison that he subsequently published in his abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator. From that time on, the sisters were deeply involved in the abolition movement, with…
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Angelina followed in 1829 and also became a Quaker. In 1835 Angelina wrote a letter of approval to William Lloyd Garrison that he subsequently published in his abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator. From that time on, the sisters were deeply involved in the abolition movement, with…
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Theodore Dwight Weld
…after his marriage (1838) to Angelina Grimké, a coworker in the antislavery crusade, Weld withdrew to private life on a farm in Belleville, New Jersey. He ventured back into public life in 1841–43, when he went to Washington, D.C., to head an antislavery reference bureau for the group of insurgents…
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…after his marriage (1838) to Angelina Grimké, a coworker in the antislavery crusade, Weld withdrew to private life on a farm in Belleville, New Jersey. He ventured back into public life in 1841–43, when he went to Washington, D.C., to head an antislavery reference bureau for the group of insurgents…
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