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Susanna Watts

    A Walk Through Leicester
    • A Walk Through Leicester

      Being a Guide to Strangers

      • 60 Seiten
      • 3 Lesestunden

      The life of Susanna Watts, an English abolitionist and artist, is marked by her passionate advocacy against slavery and her contributions to literature. Known for her anti-slavery poetry, she challenged prominent figures like William Wilberforce on gender roles in the movement. Alongside her friend Elizabeth Heyrick, Watts co-founded The Humming Bird, the first anti-slavery periodical, and actively campaigned against the purchase of products linked to slave labor, demonstrating her commitment to social justice and activism.

      A Walk Through Leicester