Angelina Grimke Research Paper

Angelina Grimke
Born February 20, 1805, Angelina was youngest of 14 siblings, and daughter to a slaveholding judge whom fathered both white and African American children in Charleston, South Carolina. At an early age Angelina and her sister Sarah both developed a dislike for slavery because they felt that it was unrighteous of their father to have taken advantage of his working slaves . At the age of 12 Sarah broke the law by teaching an enslaved child how to read or write. After moving to Philadelphia in 1819, both sisters joined the Society of Friends, a Quaker foundation formed by George Fox around 1660. Angelina was engaged for a while but her fiancé died in an epidemic. Sister Sarah was also offered marriage but declined it due to her thinking she might lose the freedom she so much valued.
In 1835, Angelina held a letter against slavery from William Lloyd Garrison, The Liberator, published in his newspaper. She then went on to write a pamphlet titled, An Appeal to the Christian Women
Their first child was born in 1839 two other children followed. They raised their kids to not depend on slaves in the household. Theodore and Angelina established in Belleville, New Jersey along with sister Sarah Grimke. They later opened a progressive school at Raritan Bay Community in New York. In 1868, the sisters found out that after their sister-in law’s death their brother Henry had sustained a relationship with a slave and had fathered several sons, in which were taken in by the sisters and