the Grimké family's journey from slaveholders to civil rights leaders
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Perry, Mark
- Publish Year
- 2001
- Shelfmark
- B1700 - B
- Thesaurus
- abolitionisme, slavernij, sociale bewegingen, mensenrechten, gelijke behandeling, historisch, etniciteit, racisme, Verenigde Staten, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw, biografische gegevens
- Description
- The author describes how Sarah and Angelina Grimke, two privileged white sisters from a slaveholding family, led the antislavery movement and how their nephews Archibald and Francis Grimke, former slaves, took the struggle into the twentieth century as the focus shifted to equal rights for blacks and women.