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The agitators : three friends who fought for abolition and women's rights

text The agitators : three friends who fought for abolition and women's rights

Wickenden, Dorothy

Summary: Chronicles the revolutionary activities of Harriet Tubman, Frances Seward, and Martha Wright--friends and neighbors in Auburn, New York--discussing their vital roles in the Underground Railroad, abolition, and the early women's rights movement.

Contents: Part one: Provocations (1821-1852) -- A Nantucket inheritance (1833-1843) -- A young lady of means (1824-1837) -- Escape from Maryland (1822-1849) -- The Freeman trial (1846) -- Dangerous women (1848-1849) -- Frances goes to Washington (1848-1850)... Read more

Format: text

Description: xiv, 384 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Publisher: Scribner 2021

Library	Location	Status
Peninsula Community Library	920 WIC in Adult	Available
Woodmere (Main Branch)	920 WIC in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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TADL-PCL	920 WIC in Adult	Available
TADL-WOOD	920 WIC in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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Women abolitionists New York (State) Auburn Biography Tubman, Harriet 1822-1913 Wright, Martha Coffin 1806-1875 Seward, Frances Adeline 1844-1866 Underground Railroad New York (State) Auburn Antislavery movements New York (State) Auburn Women's rights United States History 19th century Auburn (N.Y.) History 19th century Tubman, Harriet 1822-1913 Wright, Martha Coffin 1806-1875 Antislavery movements Underground Railroad Women abolitionists Women's rights New York (State) Auburn United States

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Woodmere (Main Branch)	920 WIC in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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