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THE GRIMKE SISTERS

SARAH AND ANGELINA GRIMKE


_THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMEN ADVOCATES
OF ABOLITION AND WOMAN'S RIGHTS_


By CATHERINE H. BIRNEY

"The glory of all glories is the glory of self-sacrifice."


1885




PREFACE.


It was with great diffidence, from inexperience in literary work of
such length, that I engaged to write the biography which I now present
to the public. But the diaries and letters placed in my hands lightened
the work of composition, and it has been a labor of affection as well
as of duty to pay what tribute I might to the memory of two of the
noblest women of the country, whom I learned to love and venerate
during a residence of nearly two years under the same roof, and who,
to the end of their lives, honored me with their friendship.

C.H.B.

Washington City, Sept., 1885.




CONTENTS.


CHAPTER I.

Childhood of Sarah, 7. Practical teachings, 9. Teaching slaves, 11.
Sarah a godmother, 13. Their