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Womaen had no vote and little influence on the political scene; despite this they played an important role in the abolition of the slave trade and slavery in the British colonies. In the early years, women were not direct activists and not expected to take part in politics. Lady Margaret Middleton, ...
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Ann Knight (1786-186...
One important campaigner was Anne Knight. She was born into a Quaker family in Essex and took active roles in the Anti-Slavery campaigns. Knight formed the Chelmsford Female Anti-Slavery Society. She also toured France, giving lectures on the immorality of slavery and Women's suffrage. With kind ...
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Amelia Opie (1769 - ...
Amelia Opie was an English author. She was the daughter of James Alderson, a physician in Norwich, and Amelia Briggs. She held radical principles for the time. In 1798 she married John Opie, the painter, who encouraged her to write. in 1825, through the influence of Joseph John Gurney, she joined t...
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Amelia Opie
Amelia Opie was an English author. She was the daughter of James Alderson, a physician in Norwich, and Amelia Briggs. She held radical principles for the time. In 1798 she married John Opie, the painter, who encouraged her to write. in 1825, through the influence of Joseph John Gurney, she joined t...
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Elizabeth Dudley (17...
Elizabeth Dudley was a Quaker minister and involved in the campaign to abolish slavery. With kind Permission of 'The Library of the Religious Society of Friends'.
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Elizabeth Dudley
Elizabeth Dudley was a Quaker minister and involved in the campaign to abolish slavery. With kind Permission of 'The Library of the Religious Society of Friends'.
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Mary Dudley
Mary Dudley was born Mary Stokes. She was a Methodist who had contact with John Wesley. Around 1779, Mary Stokes began attending an occasional Friends' Meeting and about a year later she made her affiliation with Friends formal. Mary was a school teacher and Quaker minister. In 1828 she wrote 'Scri...
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