Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society

E261401

The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society was a pioneering interracial women’s organization in the United States that campaigned vigorously for the immediate abolition of slavery and for Black civil rights in the early to mid-19th century.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abolitionist organization ⓘ
historical organization ⓘ
interracial organization ⓘ
women's organization ⓘ
collaboratedWith Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 1870 ⓘ
ethnicComposition Black women ⓘ
white women ⓘ
focusPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
mid-19th century ⓘ
foundedBy Charlotte Forten ⓘ
linked to: Margaretta Forten

Grace Bustill Douglass ⓘ
Harriet Forten Purvis ⓘ
Lucretia Mott ⓘ
Lydia White ⓘ
Margaretta Forten ⓘ
Mary Ann M’Clintock ⓘ
linked to: Mary Ann McClintock

Sarah Pugh ⓘ
other Quaker women ⓘ
genderComposition women ⓘ
hasPurpose immediate abolition of slavery ⓘ
promotion of Black civil rights ⓘ
promotion of racial equality ⓘ
promotion of women’s participation in reform ⓘ
ideology abolitionism ⓘ
immediatism ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ
women’s rights ⓘ
inception 1833 ⓘ
locatedIn Pennsylvania ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
movement American abolitionist movement ⓘ
women’s rights movement (United States) ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first interracial women’s abolitionist societies in the United States ⓘ
linking abolitionism with early women’s rights activism ⓘ
sustained female leadership in abolitionism ⓘ
notableMember Charlotte Forten ⓘ
linked to: Margaretta Forten

Grace Bustill Douglass ⓘ
Harriet Forten Purvis ⓘ
Lucretia Mott ⓘ
Margaretta Forten ⓘ
Mary Grew ⓘ
Sarah Forten ⓘ
Sarah Pugh ⓘ
organized anti-slavery fairs ⓘ
fundraising for abolitionist causes ⓘ
petition campaigns ⓘ
public lectures ⓘ
politicalActivity advocated for abolition in the District of Columbia ⓘ
advocated for an end to the interstate slave trade ⓘ
circulated petitions to Congress ⓘ
publicationActivity issued annual reports ⓘ
issued anti-slavery pamphlets ⓘ
supported American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American abolitionist movement → notableOrganization → Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ
Lucretia Mott → memberOf → Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ
Lucretia Mott → coFounded → Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ
Sarah Mapps Douglass → memberOf → Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ
Margaretta Forten → memberOf → Philadelphia Black reform community ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society
Lydia White → memberOf → Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ
Lydia White → coFounderOf → Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ
Harriet Forten Purvis → memberOf → Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ
Harriet Forten Purvis → coFounderOf → Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ
Harriet Forten Purvis → participantIn → Philadelphia antislavery movement ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society
Mary Grew → memberOf → Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ
Sarah Pugh → memberOf → Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ