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Abolitionists were men of sharp angles. Organizing them was like binding crooked sticks in a bundle. - Jane Grey Swisshelm
Attribution: Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884), U.S. newspaperwoman, abolitionist, and human rights activist. Half a Century, ch. 18 (1880). On writing for The Spirit of Liberty, an abolitionist publication, in the early 1840s. Later, in 1847, Swisshelm founded her own abolitionist paper, the Pittsburg Saturday Visitor.

Categories: Abolitionism, Abolitionist, And Human Rights Activist, Newspaperwoman, Social/political Activism

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