Letter from Angelina Emily Grimké, Brookline, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 8th Mo 17th. [1837]

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Angelina Emily Grimké, Brookline, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 8th Mo 17th. [1837]
Description:
Angelina Emily Grimké writes to Amos A. Phelps that no other person than Phelps has accused her and her sister of holding “promiscuous meetings.” Abolitionists have been supported of them. She compares her timidity toward speaking in front of men to the feelings that black men must have had when they first began to address white people. She also expresses her objection to Phelps’s having published their correspondence. She feels there should have been a more proper public discussion regarding both sides’ position on women’s rights.
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Author:
Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879
Date:
[August 17, 1837]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Women's rights--United States--History--19th century
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 25 x 20 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/6w925t906
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Brookline
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Year of production from legacy card catalog.
It is stamped, "PHELPS MSS."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4721773
Call #:
MS A.21.7 (34)
Barcode:
39999032917344