Abby Kelley
Deceased Person
1811 – 1887
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Who was Abby Kelley?
Abby Kelley Foster was an American abolitionist and radical social reformer active from the 1830s to 1870s. She became a fundraiser, lecturer and committee organizer for the influential American Anti-Slavery Society, where she worked closely with William Lloyd Garrison and other radicals. She married fellow abolitionist and lecturer Stephen Symonds Foster, and they both worked for equal rights for women.
Her former home of Liberty Farm in Worcester, Massachusetts has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
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- Born
- Jan 15, 1811
Pelham - Spouses
- Stephen Symonds Foster
(1845/12/21 - )
- Stephen Symonds Foster
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Worcester
- Millbury
- Uxbridge
- Died
- Jan 14, 1887
Worcester
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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