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Charles Lenox Remond was the most prominent Black abolitionist in the US until he was overshadowed by Frederick Douglass.

Remond’s commitment to women’s rights was as deep as FD’s, maybe deeper. He should be remembered for his feminism.

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Charles Remond was the oldest son of eight children of Nancy Lenox and John Remond of Salem, Massachusetts. He had six sisters. Their grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War.

The photograph above was taken in the 1850s by Samuel S. Broadbent. via @BPLBoston
Until Charles Remond, the most visible spokespeople for abolition were white. Remond was a founder of the American Anti-Slavery Soc. & the first Black man to lecture widely against slavery.

In 1840, he was invited to join a delegation to the World Antislavery Conventn in London. Old-fashioned pamphlet with big black text heading: "An
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The story of Black abolitionist Hester Lane features blatant racism and sexism. But it’s also about a subtler version of both: when you’re expected to choose a side because of your identity, and pigeonholed into what someone like you is “supposed to” believe.

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Hester’s story is one of the most exciting discoveries in @marthasjones_' wonderful Vanguard - which is saying something!

Hester was a free woman of color in 1820s New York City. She was an entrepreneur, a leader, and a liberator.
Hester Lane bought the freedom of enslaved people - dangerous work that meant negotiating with southern slaveholders herself. She brought out as many as 11 people - she required them to repay her, which enabled her to keep the cycle going.
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I am ridiculously excited about a suffrage conference next week...

IHO 150 years of 15th Amdt & 100 years of 19th Amdt, the Massachusetts Historical Society is hosting a 🏅 panel *each day.* @MHS1791 @MHS_Research

Free! Registration at bottom.

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Monday @ 2 ET

@EllenDubois10’s new work on the long relationship between ElizCadyStanton & Frederick Douglass;

Thomas Dublin with new discoveries & interpretation on #BlackSuffragists

@LynnEckert4 on doctors

and @ProfMSinha tying it all together.
Tuesday @ 12 ET

Marriage! inc. a paper I’m so eager to hear by @HQuanquin about Stephen and Abby Kelley Foster, and more.

Wednesday @ 2 ET

Empire - @Laura_R_Prieto on the Philippines, @SilvanaSiddali on African American voters in 19th c. midwest & Sunu Kodumthara on Oklahoma.
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Ida B. Wells could vote for President years before Alice Paul or Carrie Chapman Catt.

How?

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Changing state constitutions is hard. Who votes & who doesn’t is determined by each state; big changes almost always need constitutional amendment. Of course, this is why the state-by-state fight took so damn long. But in 1913, Illinois successfully used a different strategy.
Lucy Stone’s husband Henry Blackwell began pushing for “presidential suffrage” back in the 1880s. It was a clever idea: a way to get states to let women vote for President without the laborious process of amending their constitution. Here's how:
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