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In this story I will focus on a woman named Elizabeth Buffum Chace. She lived from 1806 - 1899. Her parents were Arnold Buffum and Rebecca Gould. The family lived in Smithfield, Rhode Island. They were Quakers. Elizabeth's parents were anti-slavery, her father being the president of the New England Anti-Slavery Society.
In 1828, Elizebeth married Samuel Buffington Chace, who was a Quaker as well. It was after her marriage that Elizabeth began to become truly influential in the anti-slavery movement. She and her husband opened their home in Valley Falls, Rhode Island as a Station on the Underground Railroad, at great personal risk, to help runaway slaves escape to Canada.
In 1835, Elizebeth helped to found the Fall River Female Anti-Slavery Society, after the original group struggled to intergrate the free black women who wished to join as members. She and her sisters held the point of view of working to end all racist practices, and not just working towards abolition as the original group intended.
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