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Bookmark or Share- Grimké sisters - WikipediaSarah and Angelia's father, Judge John Faucheraud Grimké, was an advocate of slavery and a planter who owned several successful plantations [7] and hundreds of slaves. Grimké had 14 children with his wife Mary (née Smith) and had at least three children with enslaved women.Three of his children died in infancy. [8] Sarah was the sixth child, [9] and Angelina was the thirteenth. [9]
- Sarah Moore Grimké - WikipediaSarah Moore Grimké (November 26, 1792 – December 23, 1873) was an American abolitionist, widely held to be the mother of the women's suffrage movement.
- Life Story: The Grimké Sisters - Women & the American StoryThis is the story of Sarah Moore Grimké and Angelina Grimké Weld, two southern white women who became leading abolitionists and women’s rights activists.
- Sarah Moore Grimké - National Women's History MuseumBorn on November 26, 1792, Sarah Grimké came from a rich family of slave holders in Charleston, South Carolina. She lived with her mother Mary Smith and her father John Faucheraud Grimké, who was a head judge of the state supreme court.
- Grimke Sisters - U.S. National Park ServiceTwo early and prominent activists for abolition and women’s rights, Sarah Grimke (1792-1873) and Angelina Grimke Weld (1805-1879) were raised in the cradle of slavery on a plantation in South Carolina. The Grimke sisters, as they were known, grew to despise slavery after witnessing its cruel effects at a young age.
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