In the novel “Civil War Wives”, the women Angelina Grimke, Varian Howell, and Julia Dent all came from closely similar upbringings. They were all daughters of thriving slaveholders in the Southern states. All three women married very significant and influential figures of their time. In spite of their obvious similarities, the trio met under immensely different fates. Angelina Grimke left her South Carolina family, behind her older sister, Sarah, up North on a spiritual journey which led to her converting to Quakerism. Embracing the idea of abolitionism, the sisters grew into being highly persuasive speakers on the topic of Abolition, with Angelina surpassing Sarah as an inspiring speaker. Then the sisters managed to shock the typical sensibilities
