Appeal to the Christian Women of the South

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"Appeal to the Christian Women of the South" is an 1836 antislavery pamphlet by Angelina Grimké urging Southern Christian women to oppose and work to end slavery on moral and religious grounds.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abolitionist text ⓘ
antislavery pamphlet ⓘ
religious tract ⓘ
advocates active moral responsibility of women ⓘ
use of scripture to challenge slavery ⓘ
argumentType legal and constitutional argument ⓘ
moral argument ⓘ
religious argument ⓘ
associatedWith Grimké sisters ⓘ
women’s rights discourse ⓘ
author Angelina Grimké ⓘ
callsFor emancipation of enslaved people ⓘ
moral suasion of slaveholders ⓘ
prayer for the end of slavery ⓘ
teaching enslaved people to read the Bible ⓘ
circulationForm printed pamphlet ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
form open letter ⓘ
genre pamphlet ⓘ
political writing ⓘ
religious writing ⓘ
historicalContext published amid rising sectional tensions over slavery ⓘ
historicalPeriod Antebellum United States ⓘ
linked to: Antebellum period
influenced discourse on women’s moral authority in the public sphere ⓘ
later Christian antislavery arguments ⓘ
influencedBy Christian abolitionism ⓘ
intendedAudience Southern Christian women ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literarySignificance early example of American feminist religious rhetoric ⓘ
important work in American abolitionist literature ⓘ
mainTopic Christian ethics ⓘ
abolitionism ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
women and religion ⓘ
movement American abolitionist movement ⓘ
notableFor being one of the earliest antislavery appeals directed specifically to Southern women ⓘ
linking abolitionism with Christian duty ⓘ
opposes biblical justifications of slavery ⓘ
passive acceptance of slavery by Christians ⓘ
placeInAuthorCareer major early public statement by Angelina Grimké ⓘ
positionOnSlavery slavery is a sin ⓘ
slavery should be peacefully abolished ⓘ
slavery violates Christian teachings ⓘ
publicationYear 1836 ⓘ
purpose to argue that slavery is incompatible with Christianity ⓘ
to persuade Southern Christian women to oppose slavery ⓘ
religiousPerspective Protestant Christian ⓘ
theologicalBasis interpretation of the Bible against slavery ⓘ

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Angelina Grimké → notableWork → Appeal to the Christian Women of the South ⓘ
Sarah Moore Grimké → notableWork → Epistle to the Clergy of the Southern States ⓘ
linked to: Appeal to the Christian Women of the South
Angelina Emily Grimké → notableWork → Appeal to the Christian Women of the South ⓘ
subject linked to: Grimké