Birmingham_Ladies_Society_for_the_Relief_of_Negro_Slaves

Birmingham Ladies Society for the Relief of Negro Slaves

Birmingham Ladies Society for the Relief of Negro Slaves

1825 British women's anti-slavery organisation

The Birmingham Ladies Society for the Relief of Negro Slaves, also known as the Birmingham and West Bromwich Ladies Society for the Relief of Negro Slaves,[1] was founded in Birmingham, England, on 8 April 1825. It was the first anti-slavery society for women, and sometimes referred to as the Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society. Lucy Townsend and Mary Lloyd were the first joint secretaries, while other founding members included Elizabeth Heyrick, Sophia Sturge and Sarah Wedgwood.[2]

The society was supported by the Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery Throughout the British Dominions (Anti-Slavery Society).[1]

Around 1830, it became the Female Society for Birmingham.[3] By 1831 there were over seventy similar anti-slavery organisations.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Hall, Catherine (2008). "Anti-Slavery Society". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/96359. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 20 December 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. [2]
    Simkin, John. "Women and the Anti-Slavery Movement". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Birmingham Ladies Society for the Relief of Negro Slaves Bag". National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
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