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Sarah Blake Shaw (née Sturgis; August 31, 1815 – December 31, 1902) was an American abolitionist, women's rights supporter, anti-imperialist and philanthropist.
Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw (August 31, 1815 – December 31, 1902) was an abolitionist, women's rights supporter, anti-imperialist and philanthropist. She married Francis George Shaw on 9 June 1835.
- Female
- August 31, 1815
- Francis George Shaw
- December 29, 1902
Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw was the mother of Robert Gould Shaw. She was a very formidable woman for her time.
Elizabeth Gaskell's acquaintance with the family was through Robert's mother, Sarah Blake Shaw, née Sturgis (1815-1902), whom she met in Paris in 1855, as described in the article. She was a staunch abolitionist, her resolve spilling into fanaticism when it came to directing Robert's career.
Sarah Blake Shaw was the wife of philanthropist, social reformer, and abolitionist, Francis George Shaw (1809-1882) and the mother of Robert Gould Shaw (1837-1863), colonel of the all-black 54th Massachusetts Regiment.
Consists of letters written to Francis George and Sarah Blake (Sturgis) Shaw by various correspondents. Topics discussed include family matters, the details of daily life, spiritualism and Swedenborgianism, slavery, and important events leading up to the Civil War, such as the assault on Charles Sumner, the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin, and ...
Collection. abernethycollection; middleburycollege; americana. Language. english-handwritten. This is a scanned version of the original document in the Abernethy Collection at Middlebury College. Notes. You can read a plaintext transcript of this item by selecting TEXT from the download options on this page.
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