Slavery & Abolition in the US
Select Publications of the 1800s
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Beecher, Catharine Esther
Beecher, Catharine E. An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism, with Reference to the Duty of American Females. Philadelphia: H. Perkins; Boston: Perkins & Marvin, 1837.
In a critique of abolitionism that started as a letter to Angelina Grimké, Catharine Beecher argues that, because of the violence generated by the anti-slavery movement, women should not become involved.
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