Read Part One HERE
In this story I will focus on a woman named Abby Kelley. She lived from 1811 - 1887. Abby was born in Pelham, Massachusetts. She was raised as a Quaker and in 1826, she was sent to the New England's Friends Boarding School. Then she worked as a teacher for a few years.
Abby began to read William Lloyd Garrison's paper, the Liberator, and became a devoted abolitionist.. She was elected secretary of the Lynn Female Anti-Slavery Society, and she was one of the founding members of the New England Non-Resistance Society, which supported non-violent social reform.
At a time when society demanded that women be silent, submissive and obedient, Abby was vocal, assertive and headstrong. Despite harassment and ridicule, she never compromised her belief that all people are created equal and deserve to be free.
Read Part One Hundred And Ten HERE
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