Date:1816 - 1896 (c.)
Description:There are currently few available images of the powerful women who worked for local women's antislavery societies. This image of Hannah Sturge (wife of Joseph Sturge) with one of her daughters seated on her lap can be found in 'Sophia Sturge, A Memoir' by William Hughes (1940). Notably, the next generation of Sturge women would continue to be strident activists into the early twentieth century.
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The reports, minute books, cash books and illustrated albums of Birmingham’s ‘Female Society for the ...
There are currently few available images of the powerful women who worked for local women's antislavery ...
Throughout their life time, one of the biggest concerns of Birmingham's female antislavery activists ...
The 'First Report' of the Ladies Society For The Relief of British Negro Slaves(1825)bore on its front ...
This striking image of Harriet Tubman leaning on a shot gun presents a very different image of black ...
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Donor ref:Local Studies and History: BCOL 78.1 STU (8/739)
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