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Rise of Abolitionism

Question 7 • ECTC-AL-United States History I: Beginnings to the Industrial Revolution B

What did Sarah and Angelina Grimké sacrifice for the sake of reform?

Answer
A
their ties to their former community
B
their marriages to enslavers
C
their views on women’s rights
D
their reputations as religious women

Explanation

Sarah and Angelina Grimké were raised in a prominent South Carolina slaveholding family, but they became outspoken abolitionists and women’s-rights advocates. Their reform work meant breaking with the beliefs and social world of their former community. Thus, they sacrificed their ties to their former community, not their views on women’s rights.

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