Lift Up Thy Voice
The Sarah and Angelina Grimké Family’s Journey from Slaveholders to Civil Rights Leaders
By Mark Perry | Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
About the book
In the late 1820s Sarah and Angelina Grimké traded their elite position as daughters of a prominent white slaveholding family in Charleston, South Carolina, for a life dedicated to abolitionism and advocacy of women's rights in the North. After the Civil War, discovering that their late brother had had children with one of his slaves, the Grimké sisters helped to educate their nephews and gave them the means to start a new life in postbellum America. The nephews, Archibald and Francis, went on to become well-known African American activists in the burgeoning civil rights movement and the founding of the NAACP. Spanning 150 eventful years, this is an inspiring tale of a remarkable family that transformed itself and America.
Editions of Lift Up Thy Voice
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780670030118
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780142001035
- EBook
- ISBN 9781101662397
Read an Excerpt
In the late 1820s Sarah and Angelina Grimké traded their elite position as daughters of a prominent white slaveholding family in Charleston, South Carolina, for a life dedicated to abolitionism and advocacy of women's rights in the North. After the Civil War, discovering that their late brother had had children with one of his slaves, the Grimké sisters helped to educate their nephews and gave them the means to start a new life in postbellum America. The nephews, Archibald and Francis, went on to become well-known African American activists in the burgeoning civil rights movement and the founding of the NAACP. Spanning 150 eventful years, this is an inspiring tale of a remarkable family that transformed itself and America.
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In the late 1820s Sarah and Angelina Grimké traded their elite position as daughters of a prominent white slaveholding family in Charleston, South Carolina, for a life dedicated to abolitionism and advocacy of women's rights in the North. After the Civil War, discovering that their late brother had had children with one of his slaves, the Grimké sisters helped to educate their nephews and gave them the means to start a new life in postbellum America. The nephews, Archibald and Francis, went on to become well-known African American activists in the burgeoning civil rights movement and the founding of the NAACP. Spanning 150 eventful years, this is an inspiring tale of a remarkable family that transformed itself and America.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Lift Up Thy Voice?
History and Archaeology > History > History of the Americas
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Lift Up Thy Voice?
Mark Perry
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Lift Up Thy Voice is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780670030118) and paperback(ISBN 9780142001035) and ebook(ISBN 9781101662397)
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