Sarah Pugh

Sarah Pugh, from a 1910 publication.

Sarah Pugh (6 October 1800 – 1 August 1884) was an American abolitionist, activist, suffragist, and teacher.[1][2][3][4] She was involved with promoting the free produce movement, including a boycott on sugar produced by slave labor.[1] She was a leader of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society from its earliest days in 1835 until it closed in 1870.[5] Along with Lucretia Mott, Pugh was one of the delegates to the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London who were denied their seats because they were women.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Sarah Pugh - 19th Century Abolitionist And Feminist". Women's History Blog. 6 July 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  2. ^ James, Edward; James, Janet; Boyer, Paul (1971). Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume 3. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674627345. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  3. ^ Memorial of Sarah Pugh: A Tribute of Respect from Her Cousins. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J.B. Lippincott Publishers. 1888. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  4. ^ Rodriguez, Junius (2015). Encyclopedia of Emancipation and Abolition in the Transatlantic World. Routledge. ISBN 978-0765612571. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  5. ^ Brown, Ira V. ""AM I NOT A WOMAN AND A SISTER?" THE ANTI-SLAVERY CONVENTION OF AMERICAN WOMEN, 1837-1839". Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  6. ^ Sinha, Manisha (January 2016). The slave's cause : a history of abolition. New Haven. pp. 289–91. ISBN 978-0-300-18137-1. OCLC 920017303.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)