Compare And Contrast Angelina And Grimke

Angelina and Sarah Grimke were legends in their lifetime. The sisters made history, speaking to mixed crowds of men and women. They advocated some of the most powerful anti-slavery paths, and the rights to a women’s public role (274). Their movement was not only aimed to end slavery, but to help racial discrimination throughout the United States. These ideas made them sincerer than many other advocates who spoke about slavery. The Grimke sisters were also one of the first abolitionist to recognize the importance of women’s rights, while speaking and writing about the cause of female equality (273). Angelina and Sarah were unique, they were consistent with their devotion to the causes of racial and gender equality. The sisters had first-hand experience with slavery and its daily horrors and injustices (14-15). Other advocates, William Lloyd Garrison, and Theodore
Angelina and Sarah became the first women to serve as agents for the American Anti- Slavery Society (91). In January, the sister toured New York, filling churches, with a vast variety of people (75). Angelina proved to be lively and persuasive, and was quickly acknowledged as the most powerful female speaker for abolition. On their tour, the sisters went from New York to New Jersey, then back to New York, Upon their return to New York, the sisters spoke to their first mixed gender audience (86,122). Two weeks after a convention, the start of the sisters second speaking tour began. On June 21, was by the largest and most diverse audience the sisters have spoken too (99). “It is wonderful,” Angelina wrote “how the way has been open for us to address mixed audiences” (87). Angelina repeatedly defended women’s rights. She continued to state that women were citizens and had civic duties as men (104). Turing to the bible, she cited the active role of women in civic and religious affairs in the test. However, many New Englanders were still not convinced