Angelina Grimke Research Paper

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Angelina Grimke Many people are aware of Sarah Grimke and are fascinated to what she was doing. Angelina Grimke was like her sister they both believed that discrimination was bad and along with slavery. She is one of the biggest social problems of the American society during the 18th and 19th centuries was that of slavery. Angelina along with many was one of them to speak up against to what was happening. She was and still is a big influence in society. She gave and still gives us hope that things have and will change. Angelina Grimke along with her sister were the only white Southern women to be apart of the abolition movement.

Birth/Early life Angelina Grimke was born february 20 1805 in Charleston South

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