11. Document Project 11: Religious Faith and Women’s Activism

Quiz for Document 11.6 Elizabeth Emery and Mary P. Abbott, Founding a Female Anti-Slavery Society, 1836

Quiz for Document 11.6: Elizabeth Emery and Mary P. Abbott, Founding a Female Anti-Slavery Society, 1836

Choose the best answer for each question.

1. What does the presence of such a society as the Female Anti-Slavery Society reveal about women’s political activism in the early 1800s?

It was decreasing in levels of activity.

It was increasingly common and effective.

It was nearly invisible in society.

It was more present in the South than in the North.

2. In their letter to the Liberator , which of the following is an argument that Elizabeth Emery and Mary P. Abbott construct to oppose slavery?

Slavery degrades the humanity of the slave owners.

Slaves are intelligent human beings who should not be possessed as chattel.

Slavery is more unfair for women than for men.

Slaves could become Christians if they were liberated.

3. What do Emery and Abbott feel makes women particularly suited to abolition activism?

Women are smarter and more capable than men.

There were more women slaves that male.

Most women were more sympathetic then men.

Women had more political voice than men in the South.

4. Which of the following groups was of particular interest to the women of the Female Anti-Slavery Society?

Slave women

Freed slaves

Slave children

Field slaves

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