09/21/2024
Honor and RAspect
On This Day In TCXPI History, We Must Never Forget
On this date in 1832, Maria W. Stewart (1803-1879) addressed the New England Anti-Slavery Society meeting in Boston's Franklin Hall on the evils of slavery and the oppression of free Blacks.
Though her name is (unfortunately) not one often included in history books, Maria Stewart can claim plenty of impressive firsts. She was the First Woman to speak to an audience of mixed genders and races, as well as one of the first Black woman to deliver any public speech at all.
Beyond the unprecedented nature of her lectures themselves is the content of her speeches: Stewart spoke passionately in favor of women's rights and against slavery. It goes without saying that taking these stances in the early 19th century was a bold choice largely discouraged for anyone, let alone a Black woman. But Stewart knew that history would prove her stance correct, and bravely spoke her mind anyway.
Source:
PBS.org
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/experience/education/spotlight.html
(Accessed on 09/20/2015)
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