Sarah Grimke

Hello, I am Sarah Grimke and I am an abolitionist and a social activist, I do not support slavery despite being the daughter of a slave holding family. My sister, angelina Grimke and I helped start the anti-slavery and women's rights movement in the United States. Even though my sister was born thirteen years after myself we became very close and I became a mother like figure to her. Growing up in a male dominated slave holding southern family was difficult because of our viewpoints, but we belived all people are created equal. My family was very religious and we attended Episcopal services every sunday. And I taught Bible stories to slave children but we weren't allowed to teach them to read When I was 26 my father became deathly ill and I went tp philadelphia, to stay with him and I became very close to him, While I was there I met Johm Woolmen and converted to his Quaker Faith, and soon angelina followed. In philadelphia, we became Very active in the Quaker Church and the abolitionist cause, We taught weekly prayer and participated in local charity work. The meetings we spoke at attracted many people and grew so large, that we became the first public female speakers in America. We challenged traditional social customs but becasue of being a women we were openly criticized however our strong beliefs on anti slavery and on an equal society, we helped the cause dramaticall.