Nancy Gardner Prince
In 1853, Prince published A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince Written by Herself
In 1853, Prince published A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince Written by Herself
Gibbs was an abolitionist who helped escaped slaves. During the Civil War, she became the first female nurse for the Union.
American abolitionist
A founder of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society
American activist who worked tirelessly for women’s rights, especially suffrage and the abolition of slavery.
Best known for her anti-slavery writings including Anti-Slavery Hymns and Songs and A Letter to Mothers in Free States.
International anti-slavery lecturer and activist for African American and women’s suffrage. Later, she moved to Italy where she became a medical doctor.
In the 1830s, Susan Paul (1809-41) taught at the Smith School on Joy Street, a segregated school for African American children funded jointly by the city and private donations. Paul was also an officer in the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society.
William and Ellen Craft were an enslaved couple from Macon who gained celebrity after a daring, novel, and very public escape in December 1848.
Jane Williamson was a schoolteacher and anti-slavery activist in Ohio before she came to the Presbyterian Dakota Mission at Lac qui Parle in 1843. She spent the remaining fifty-two years of her life working with Dakota people.