Grimke

After all, the Grimke sisters pointed out multiple Biblical violations going on with the slavery horror-show.

The resurrection of Omphalos - The Panda's Thumb 2010

After all, the Grimke sisters pointed out multiple Biblical violations going on with the slavery horror-show.

The resurrection of Omphalos - The Panda's Thumb 2010

It was almost scandalous then, that numbers of women, like Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher-Stowe, and the Grimke sisters, led the fight, by writing and public speaking leading up to the American Civil War.

Fighting Sex and Labor Slavery in the US 2009

It was almost scandalous then, that numbers of women, like Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher-Stowe, and the Grimke sisters, led the fight, by writing and public speaking leading up to the American Civil War.

Fighting Sex and Labor Slavery in the US 2009

She circulated abolitionist literature and petitions, aided her husband (then serving in Congress) as he made the case for freedom of those seized from the famous Amistad slave ship, and was a liaison between him and the famous abolitionist Grimke Sisters.

Carl Sferrazza Anthony: Michelle Obama, First Ladies and African-American History 2009

John F. Grimke (1753-1819) published the laws of South Carolina, wrote a treatise on the “Duty of Executors and Administrators,” and the inevitable “South Carolina Justice of the Peace” (1788).

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

John F. Grimke (1753-1819) published the laws of South Carolina, wrote a treatise on the “Duty of Executors and Administrators,” and the inevitable “South Carolina Justice of the Peace” (1788).

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

The Grimke sisters, who were pre-Civil War abolitionists, really tickled me.

Q&Amp;A: A Few Good Women 2007

The fact that the Grimke sisters (anti-slavery and women's equality) and Wendell Phillips (abolitionist) lie on different branches of the America family suggest another element of deep-seated cultural values that drew these people to one another and, without a word being said, was another wonderful gift from my family.

GOOD Magazine: GOOD Q&A: Social Entrepreneur Bill Drayton On His White House Years 2007

Grimke was a rarity for 1862: a woman who was well-educated, literate, intelligent, cultured, multilingual, and black.

American Connections James Burke 2007