This section of our digital exhibition features a book, a certificate, a speech, and letters, which were all created across the early-to-mid-19th century. These items pertain to anti-slavery organizing, advocacy, and abolitionist thought. By analyzing an edition of Gustavus Vassa\u2019s Autobiography, the marriage certificate between Angelina Grimk\u00e9\u00a0and Theodore Weld, an anti-slavery lecture by Frederick Douglass, and letters of the Rochester Ladies\u2019 Anti-Slavery Society, we paint a picture of how abolitionists used written, verbal, and material advocacy to advance their ideals in opposition to a largely pro-slavery society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This section of our digital exhibition features a book, a certificate, a speech, and letters, which were all created across the early-to-mid-19th century. These items pertain to anti-slavery organizing, advocacy, and abolitionist thought. By analyzing an edition of Gustavus Vassa\u2019s Autobiography, the marriage certificate between Angelina Grimk\u00e9\u00a0and Theodore Weld, an anti-slavery lecture by Frederick Douglass, … <\/p>\n