Lucy Townsend
Standard Name: Townsend, Lucy
Connections
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| Family and Intimate relationships | Matilda Charlotte Houstoun | MCH
's aunt Lucy Townsend
was a zealous participant in anti-slavery campaigning at a time when major associations such as the Anti-Slavery Society
showed hostility towards the participation of women. (Women's anti-slavery societies tended to... |
Timeline
8 April 1825
Lucy Townsend
hosted a meeting at which the first British slavery association for women was formed, the Birmingham Ladies Society for the Relief of Negro Slaves
(which later changed its name to the Female Society for Birmingham
June 1840
American women were refused entry as delegates to the first World Anti-Slavery Convention held in London.
1856
British abolitionist Julia Griffiths
, a supporter of Frederick Douglass
, toured England and Scotland founding women's auxiliaries.