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| − | + | I felt the persuasion utilized in this argument was very compelling. I would have felt guilty if I had been a free Black woman and had not acted. She uses everything that women are supposed to care about(taking care of their family) as a reason for other women to get involved. Her descriptions are also very vivid and provide a picture of the hardships of slave women and their children. How common and how effective were these types of addresses in getting women involved?--Nancy Lee | |
== Mary Still, black abolitionist, along with other Philadelphia free women, forms “Female Publication Society” to promote the moral uplift of free and slave African Americans, 1861 == | == Mary Still, black abolitionist, along with other Philadelphia free women, forms “Female Publication Society” to promote the moral uplift of free and slave African Americans, 1861 == | ||
