Maria Weston Chapman

(1806–1885) Abolitionist

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Maria Weston Chapman was an abolitionist, best known for Songs of the free and hymns of Christian freedom.

Quick Facts About Maria Weston Chapman

Born: July 25, 1806
Died: July 12, 1885
Profession: Abolitionist
Notable works: Songs of the free and hymns of Christian freedom

About Maria Weston Chapman

Maria Weston Chapman was an American abolitionist. She was elected to the executive committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1839 and from 1839 until 1842, she served as editor of the anti-slavery journal The Non-Resistant.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Maria Weston Chapman

Let us rise in the moral power of womanhood; and give utterance to the voice of outraged mercy, and insulted justice, and…

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Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only…

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Character

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Don't drag the engine, like an ignoramus, but bring wood and water and flame, like an engineer.

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Drag

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In a republican land the power behind the throne is the power.

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Behinds

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We may draw good out of evil; we must not do evil, that good may come.

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Draws

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Grudge no expense - yield to no opposition - forget fatigue - till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, the spirit…

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Expenses

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Confusion has seized us, and all things go wrong, The women have leaped from their spheres, And, instead of fixed stars, shoot…

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All things

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Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights

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Causes

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