Letters to the People of the United States

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19th-century American literature antislavery writings series of political writings women’s rights writings

Letters to the People of the United States is a series of influential 19th-century antislavery and women’s rights writings by American abolitionist and activist Angelina Grimké.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century American literature ⓘ antislavery writings ⓘ series of political writings ⓘ women’s rights writings ⓘ
advocatesFor	equal moral agency of women ⓘ immediate abolition of slavery ⓘ
aim	to argue for women’s involvement in reform ⓘ to persuade Americans to oppose slavery ⓘ
associatedWith	American abolitionism ⓘ American women’s rights activism ⓘ
author	Angelina Grimké NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
critiques	institution of slavery ⓘ legal and social subordination of women ⓘ
ethicalFramework	Christian ethics ⓘ
genre	political writing ⓘ social reform literature ⓘ
hasAuthorOccupation	abolitionist ⓘ women’s rights activist ⓘ
hasPart	letters addressed to citizens of the United States ⓘ
historicalContext	antebellum United States ⓘ
influencedBy	Christian moral arguments ⓘ Quaker antislavery thought ⓘ
intendedAudience	people of the United States ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	abolitionism ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ women’s political participation ⓘ women’s rights ⓘ
movement	abolitionist movement ⓘ early women’s rights movement ⓘ
notableFor	early feminist arguments in the United States ⓘ linking abolitionism with women’s rights ⓘ
placeInCanon	important early U.S. feminist text ⓘ key text in American antislavery literature ⓘ
politicalPosition	antislavery ⓘ pro–women’s equality ⓘ
publicationPeriod	19th century ⓘ
relatedMovement	American reform movements of the 1830s and 1840s ⓘ
relatedWork	writings of Sarah Grimké NERFINISHED ⓘ
rhetoricalMode	moral suasion ⓘ political argument ⓘ

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Angelina Grimké → notableWork → Letters to the People of the United States ⓘ