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In this post I will focus on a woman named Maria Weston Chapman. She lived from 1806 - 1885. Her parents were Warren Weston and Nancy Bates Weston from Weymouth, Massachusetts. She grew up on the family farm and attended local schools. Maria's uncle was a prosperous banker in London, England. He invited her over to complete her education. When she returned to Boston in 1828, she was hired as principal of the Young Ladies High School.
When Maria was 24, she married Henry Grafton Chapman. Both soon began to work for the abolition of slavery and supported a radical call for immediate abolition of slavery.
In 1848, Maria and her sisters Caroline, Anne and Deborah joined eight other women to form the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society - an abolitionist, interracial organisation. They believed slavery to be the direct violation of the law of God.
Members of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society circulated petitions, raised money, wrote and edited publications, and corresponded with each other frequently.
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