An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism, with References to the Duty of Females
Title
An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism, with References to the Duty of Females
Subject
Slavery -- United States -- Controversial literature.
Abolitionists.
Slavery.
Description
First edition stamped “Miss Beecher on the Slave Question.” Catharine Beecher was an educational reformer, and the elder sister of novelist and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe and half-sister of suffragist Isabella Beecher Hooker. She broke with both her siblings in her response to slavery and women's rights.
This book was her first statement on the subject. In it she urged southern women to publicly commit themselves to ending slavery and advocated women staying "in their appropriate sphere" of home and hearth.
This book was her first statement on the subject. In it she urged southern women to publicly commit themselves to ending slavery and advocated women staying "in their appropriate sphere" of home and hearth.
Creator
Beecher, Catharine (1800-1878)
Source
Title page
Publisher
Philadelphia: Henry Perkins. Boston: Perkins & Marvin
Date
1837
Files
Citation
Beecher, Catharine (1800-1878), “An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism, with References to the Duty of Females,” DeGolyer Library Exhibits, accessed April 17, 2024, https://degolyer.omeka.net/items/show/17.