Not long after, the Grimké sisters were in print again, this time with their essays and letters that served as the inspiration for the novel in one collection. “On Slavery and Abolitionism ...

Speaking as a southern woman who had seen firsthand the "demoralizing influence" of slavery and its "destructiveness to human happiness," Angelina Grimké Weld gave an inspiring speech at ...

After reading reports of pro-slavery violence, Angelina Grimke decided she could remain silent no longer. She published a letter in "The Liberator" and wrote "An Appeal to the Women of the South ...

Charlotte Forten Grimké was an abolitionist, a poet, an educator, and a civil-rights activist. She was born into a wealthy family of African American abolitionists and received a private education.