Abstract
Abby Kelly arose from Worcester, Massachusetts to become a foremost defender of equal rights in the eighteenth century. Praised by William Lloyd Garrison as a "moral Joan of Arc," and by Parker Pillsbury as "the woman of the age," Kelly battled discrimination as she spoke out publicly for the rights of the slave. Inspired by the platform orations of Angelina Grimke, Kelly decided upon a career as an abolitionist speaker in 1839, choosing initially to lecture in rural Connecticut. Over the next thirty years she spoke tirelessly in support of Afro-American's and woman's rights, traversing the backwoods of New England before opening anti-slavery societies in Ohio and Indiana.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Communication
Volume
25
Issue
3
First Page
20
Last Page
23
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Zickmund, Susan
(1993)
"for Abby Kelly Foster,"
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 25:
No.
3, Article 8.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol25/iss3/8
Copyright
©1993 Iowa Communication Association
