Lucretia Mott Lucretia Mott was an advocate for equality, regardless of race or sex. She founded the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society in 1833, an organization that allowed women and African Americans to take part in the movement. She also promoted abolition by allowing her home to be a “station” on the Underground Railroad. Mott’s passion was found at Nine Partners boarding school, where she learned about the horrors of slavery and the unfair treatment of women. She developed a talent for speaking, which she used later in life as a Quaker minister. She was a leader in other organizations including the American Equal Rights Association and the National Women Suffrage Association.

When did Mott take a stand? What was going on during this time?

Tetrault, Lisa. The Myth of Seneca Falls: memory and the women’s suffrage movement, 1848-1898. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2014. [JK 1896 .T48 2012]

Smith, David G. On the Edge of Freedom: the fugitive slave issue in south Central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870. New York: Fordham University Press, 2013. [E 450 .S64 2013]

About what did Lucretia Mott take a stand? How and why did she take them?

Annual report of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society [E 441.A58 v.114]

Extracts from the American slave code [Td* .1857 v.4]

Address of the Female Anti-Slavery Society of Philadelphia to the women of Pennsylvania: with the form of a petition to the Congress of the U. States [E 441 1.A58 v.16 no.4]

Annual reports of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society [DigitalLibrary.com]

Caroline Katzenstein Papers [Am.8996]

Questions to consider: How did Lucretia Mott’s beliefs differ from those of other people during her time? How did Lucretia Mott’s actions affect historic movements? How were her stands connected?

Female Anti-Slavery Society seal, Pennsylvania Abolition Society papers [0490]