Female Society for Birmingham
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| 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... |
| Literary responses | Elizabeth Heyrick | Historian Kenneth Corfield
suggests that although EH
was later credited with influencing her fellow-abolitionists towards a more urgent and combative stance, and although she may have exercised real influence on a few individuals, such as... |
Timeline
8 April 1825: Lucy Townsend hosted a meeting at which the...
National or international item
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
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