Sarah Moore Grimke

Pamela Durso

Ed. by Stephen E. Meats, Pittsburg State University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.2: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth Century, 1783-1900.
Vol. editors: Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University)

Domains

Slavery and anti-slavery
Women's Studies

Dates

Born 26 Nov 1792
Died 23 Dec 1873
Activity 1836-1873

Places

Born in United States
Active in United States

Cultural Identities

Feminist

Activities

Primary

Letter-writer/ Diarist
Pamphleteer
Reformer
Revolutionary, Activist

Resources

Sarah Moore Grimké was born on November 26, 1792, in Charleston, South Carolina, to a wealthy slave-owning family. Her father, John, was senior associate on the state’s supreme court, and her mother, Mary, cared for their fourteen children, eleven of whom lived into adulthood. Receiving a remarkable education for a young woman of her day, Sarah studied alongside her older brother, learning mathematics, geography, world history, natural science, botany, and Greek. She also participated in the legal training her father gave to his sons, and she apparently showed more skill than any of her brothers in the legal debates held in the Grimké home, but her parents objected to her desire to further education and thus her secret dream of …

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Citation: Durso, Pamela. "Sarah Moore Grimke". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 06 July 2011 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5209, accessed 24 November 2024.]

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