Read Part One HERE
In this post I will continue to focus on a woman named Sarah Parker Remond.She lived from 1826 - 1894. Salem in the 1840s was a centre for anti-slavery activitiy, and the whole family was committed to the rising abolitionist movement in the United States. The Remond's home was a haven for black and white abolitionists, and they hosted many of the movement's leaders, and more than one fugitive slave fleeing north to freedom.
Sarah was an active member of the state and county female anti-slavery societies, including the Salem Female Anti-Slavery Society, the New England Anti-Slavery Society, and the Massachusettes Anti-Slavery Society. She also regularly attended anti-slavery lectures in Salem and Boston.
With the support and financial backing of her family, Sarah became an anti-slavery lecturer, delivering her first lecture against slavery at the age of 16.
in 1856, the American Anti-Slavery Society, hired a team of lecturers, including Sarah, to tour New York State addressing anti-slavery issues. Over the next two years she and others also spoke in Massachusetts, Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania. She and other African Americans were often given poor accommodation due to racial discrimination. Although inexperienced, Sarah rapidly became an effective speaker. Over time she became on the society's most persuasive and powerful lecturers.
Read Part One Hundred And Fifty-Seven HERE
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