Packet 11: Tossup 9

A member of this family wrote “I will not seek any sex-related favors” in a letter responding to a group of ministers. A Mark Perry book about this family discusses three mixed-race sons of the enslaved woman Nancy Weston. A lesbian poet (-5[1])from this family wrote the plays Rachel and Mara (15[2])to protest The Birth of a Nation. To advocate racial equality, a member of this family worked with William Monroe Trotter to found the (*) Boston Guardian newspaper. (10[1])Members of this (-5[1])family helped Theodore Weld compile material (10[1])for his book American (10[1])Slavery As It Is. (10[1])Those members of this family began speaking (10[2])tours in 1837 after becoming Quakers, and published pamphlets (10[1])like An Appeal to the Christian Women of the South. (10[1])For 10 points, name this family that included the Southern abolitionist sisters Sarah and Angelina. (0[3])■END■

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