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In this post I focus on a woman named Angelina Grimke Weld. She lived from 1805 - 1879. Angelina was born in Charleston, South Carolina. Her parents were Mary and John Faucheraud Grinke. Her father was a lawyer, planter, politician and judge. Her parents owned a plantation and were major slaveholders. Angelina was the youngest of 14 children. (Her older sister was Sarah). Her father believed women should be subordinate to men and provided education to only his male children, but the boys shared their studies with their sisters.
Young Angelina was very close to her older sister Sarah, who, at the age of 13, persuaded her parents to allow her to be Angelina's godmother. The two sisters maintained an intimate relationship throughout their lives, and lived together for most of their lives, albeit with several short periods of separation.
Even as a child, Angelina was described in family letters and diaries as the most self-righteous, curious and self-assured of all her siblings.
When the time came for her confirmation in the Episcopal Church at the age of 13, Angelina refused to recite the creed of faith. An inquisitive and rebellious girl, she concluded that she could not agree with it and would not complete the confirmation ceremony. Angelina converted to the Presbyterian faith in 1826, aged 21.
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