Sarah and Angelina Grimke, Sisters of Abolitionism

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Sarah (Moore) and Angelina (Emily) Grimke
Sarah is the eldest of the Grimke sisters, born in Charleston South Carolina in
November of 1792. Angelina, the youngest, was born in Massachusetts in February of 1805.
The Grimke family consisted of the sisters, an aristocratic, slave owning father, Judge John
Faucherand and Mother, Mary Smith Grimke. Sarah had the overwhelming desire to practice
law, though due to her status as a women, she was not admitted, or allowed to attend any
Universities that were available at the time. This was only th…