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Sarah Moore Grimké
(1792-1873)
Who Was Sarah Moore Grimké?
Abolitionist and author Sarah Moore Grimké was born in South Carolina and became a Quaker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In 1837, she made an appearance at the Anti-Slavery Convention in New York, and published Letters on the Equality of the Sexes.
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She later became a teacher. During the Civil War, she supported the Union cause. Grimké died on December 23, 1873, in Hyde Park, Massachusetts.
Early Years
Sarah Moore Grimké was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on November 26, 1792.
Growing up on a southern plantation, both she and her younger sister, Angelina, developed anti-slavery sentiments based on the injustices they observed. From an early age, they also resented the limitations imposed on women.
Such gender inequality was particularly evident to Grimké in the frivolous education afforded her.
Her desire to study law as her brother did would never materialize, however, due to the restriction placed on women'