Image via WikipediaThe Female Anti-Slavery Society in Salem, Massachusetts was established in 1832 in response to other abolitionist organizations that discouraged female participation. Groups like the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, established in 1783, was an exclusively male organization. Women were completely discouraged from joining the groups, in part, because they wanted to take the struggle beyond the end of the slave trade and end slavery overall – a radical fight that men like William Wilberforce did not want to encourage. CONTINUE....
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