Elizabeth Heyrick: The Making of an Anti-Slavery Campaigner

Elizabeth Heyrick: The Making of an Anti-Slavery Campaigner

Elizabeth Heyrick fought fiercely for the rights of oppressed people. After a disastrous marriage, she became a prolific pamphleteer, a Quaker and one of the most outspoken anti-slavery campaigners of her time. Despite renewed contemporary interest in slavery, and in the stories of those who opposed it, female abolitionists a......
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Elizabeth Heyrick fought fiercely for the rights of oppressed people. After a disastrous marriage, she became a prolific pamphleteer, a Quaker and one of the most outspoken anti-slavery campaigners of her time. Despite renewed contemporary interest in slavery, and in the stories of those who opposed it, female abolitionists are still much less well known than their male counterparts. Yet they were often more radical and more daring. Heyrick defied male authority and she led others in challenging William Wilberforce and his colleagues to fight for the immediate rather than the gradual abolition of slavery.This book is the first full length biography of Elizabeth Heyrick and it sets her life in the context of the British anti-slavery movement of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. She was a woman who dared to put her head above the parapet and to call out those responsible for one of the worst abuses of human rights in history. She was courageous, loyal and uncompromising, and
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Elizabeth Heyrick fought fiercely for the rights of oppressed people. After a disastrous marriage, she became a prolific pamphleteer, a Quaker and one of the most outspoken anti-slavery campaigners of her time. Despite renewed contemporary interest in slavery, and in the stories of those who opposed it, female abolitionists are still much less well known than their male counterparts. Yet they were often more radical and more daring. Heyrick defied male authority and she led others in challenging William Wilberforce and his colleagues to fight for the immediate rather than the gradual abolition of slavery.This book is the first full length biography of Elizabeth Heyrick and it sets her life in the context of the British anti-slavery movement of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. She was a woman who dared to put her head above the parapet and to call out those responsible for one of the worst abuses of human rights in history. She was courageous, loyal and uncompromising, and did not suffer fools gladly. It was not until long after her death in 1831 that her contribution to the anti-slavery cause started to be recognised and even today, she remains hidden in the shadows of the movement. Using archival records and recently unearthed family materials, as well as contemporary fiction and memoirs, the author creates a compelling account of an unsettled life set in turbulent times.

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Oppdag Elizabeth Heyrick: En Uforglemmelig Anti-Slavery Kampanjør

Trenger du en inspirerende biografi som setter søkelyset på en av de mest bemerkelsesverdige kvinnene i kampen mot slaveri? Elizabeth Heyrick: The Making of an Anti-Slavery Campaigner er akkurat det du leter etter. Denne boken tar deg med på en reise gjennom livet til en modig kvinne som utfordret samfunnsnormer og banet vei for en viktig sak.

En Modig Stemme i Den Anti-Slavery Bevegelsen

Elizabeth Heyrick var ikke bare en vanlig kvinne i sitt samfunn; hun var en prolific pamphleteer og en av de mest uttalte anti-slavery kampanjørene i sin tid. Etterslepet etter et katastrofalt ekteskap førte henne til å kaste seg inn i kampen for de undertryktes rettigheter. Hun var Quaker med en sterk tro på likhet, og hennes bemerkelsesverdige dedikasjon sto i kontrast til datidens patriarkalske samfunn.

Hva Du Kan Forvente i Boken

  • Biografisk Dybde: Dette er den første fullstendige biografien om Heyrick, som setter hennes liv inn i sammenheng med den britiske anti-slavery bevegelsen på 1700- og 1800-tallet.
  • Historisk Kontekst: Les om hvordan en kvinne i opplysningstiden tok til motmæle mot male autoriteter og bevegelsen ledet av William Wilberforce, og argumenterte for umiddelbar avskaffelse av slaveri.
  • Rik Beretning: Boken bygger på arkivregistre, nylig avdekkede familiematerialer, samt samtidige fiksjoner og memoarer for å gi et levende bilde av et urolige liv.

Hvorfor Velge Denne Biografien?

Med Elizabeth Heyrick: The Making of an Anti-Slavery Campaigner får du mer enn bare en biografi; du får et innblikk i styrken som drev en kvinne til å utfordre det umulige. Hennes bidrag til anti-slavery bevegelsen har ikke fått den anerkjennelsen de fortjener, og denne boken er et skritt mot å bringe hennes arbeid ut av skyggene.

Er du klar for å la deg inspirere? Oppdag historien om Elizabeth Heyrick, en kvinne som satte kampen for rettferdighet først, og la deg motivere av hennes bemerkelsesverdige liv!

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