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Emory University

Lewis H. Beck Center: Lydia Maria Child: Anecdote of Elias Hicks

For Students 9th - 10th
Here, read the full text of Lydia Child's "Anecdote of Elias Hicks," which tells the story of an abolitionist Quaker. It was originally published in 1839.
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Emory University

Lewis H. Beck Center: Child, Lydia Maria: Charity Bowery

For Students 9th - 10th
Download and read Lydia Maria Child's "Charity Bowery," originally written in 1839, which tells the story of a freed slave's choices as she is allowed to take only one of her children out of slavery.