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Weldgrimke family papers 17401930 university of michigan. Appletoncentury company, incorporated, 1934 antislavery movements 1023 pages. He was an early architect of the american abolitionist movement during its formative years from 1830 through 1844. Letters of theodore dwight weld, angelina grimke and sarah grimke, 18221844. W442 1839 rare book collection, university of north carolina at chapel hill.
In his love letters to angelina grimke in 1838, theodore dwight weld did something one would not expect from a man courting a woman. Biography of angelina grimke, american abolitionist. Theodore dwight weld was a prominent nineteenth century american reformer and educator. A member of the weld family of new england, weld shares a common ancestry with william weld, tuesday weld, and others. Theodore dwight weld has 19 books on goodreads with 1093 ratings.
It is testimony of a thousand witnesses theodore dwight weld, angelina grimke weld. Weld lived in hampton, connecticut, until his family moved to pompey, new york. The family moved in 1864 to hyde park, massachusetts, where in 1870, the two sisters attempted to vote in a local election. Printed only for private circulation theodore dwight weld. The letters of theodore dwight weld, angelina grimke weld, and sarah grimke 18221844, 2 volume set by barnes, gilbert h. Weld was born on november 23, 1803, in hampton, connecticut. Letters of theodore dwight weld, angelina grimke weld, and sarah. In 1839 she, her husband theodore dwight weld and her sister sarah published american slavery as it is, an encyclopedia of slave mistreatment, which became the second most important work of abolitionist literature after uncle toms cabin 1852, of harriet beecher stowe, who recorded her indebtedness to american slavery as it is. In 1819, he enrolled in the phillips andover academy, but he had to withdraw due to health problems. Asking for his assistance in stopping sarah from writing a book about theodore d. American slavery as it is testimony of a thousand witnesses theodore dwight weld, angelina grimke weld, sarah grimke, william loren katz on. Angelina grimke weld in memory of sarah moore grimke. While in college he became a disciple of the evangelist charles g. Theodore dwight weld, american antislavery crusader in the precivil war era.
In 1838, weld married angelina grimke, one of a pair of south carolina. He is best known for his coauthorship of the authoritative compendium american slavery as it is. Letters of theodore dwight weld, angelina grimke weld, and sarah grimke american public figures series first annual report of the society for promoting manual labor in literary institutions, including the report of their general agent, theodore d. Weld, 1838 source for information on grimke weld, angelina emily. Biography of angelina grimke that explores the forces behind angelina s break with the southern christian culture of her youth.
A critical reference guide from colonial times to the. They assisted in welds school in belleville and later perth amboy, n. Theodore dwight weld november 23, 1803 in hampton, connecticut february 3, 1895 in hyde park, massachusetts was one of the architects of the american abolitionist movement during its formative years from 1830 through 1844, playing a role as writer, editor, speaker, and organizer. Theodore dwight welds branch of the family never achieved the wealth of their bostonbased kin. Letters of theodore dwight weld, angelina grimke weld, and sarah grimke 18221844 american public figures series by gilbert h. Anna harvell weld also discussed francis grimke, archibald grimke, theodore dwight weld, theodore grimke weld, and charles stuart weld. During weld s childhood the family moved to western new york state. Theodore dwight weld author of american slavery as it is. Theodore and angelinas multiracial niece, related to the welds by marriage, was angelina weld grimke, who is remembered as one of the premier poets of the harlem renaissance.
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