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Women leaders, activists, heroines

1670: First African American to own land in Boston
1723: Arson: Weapon of retaliation, resistance
1776: Activist Black community forms in Boston
1814: Cotton enriches businessmen, North and South
1816: Unsung heroines play key movement roles
1827: Boycott of goods made by enslaved labor grows
1830: Black groups expand free produce movement
1832: Black women form female anti-slavery society
1832: Maria W. Stewart: Militant abolitionist, women's rights champion
1832: Chloe Spear: A story of 30 years in bondage
1833: Attacks force closure of school for girls of color
1833: Female anti-slavery groups proliferate
1833: Abolition group is rare for being racially integrated
1833: Lydia Maria Child: Abolitionist and rights advocate
1834: Mill workers support enslaved cotton pickers
1835: Abolitionist women run gauntlet of Boston mob
1836: Abolitionist women gain freedom for enslaved girl
1836: Black women free two who fled bondage
1837: Planter's daughters campaign for abolition, women's rights
1837: Women's anti-slavery efforts transform town
1838: Mob torches hall after attacking abolitionists
1838: Frederick Douglass escapes, reaches freedom
1838: Abolitionists demand Congress restore free debate on slavery
1839: New book spurs outrage at "slave breeding"
1839: Women's role is key issue in anti-slavery society split
1839-1858: Gift book sales fund anti-slavery work
1842: Sarah Parker Remond: Activist for human rights, women's suffrage
1845: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: Poet, anti-slavery activist
1847: The Crafts: Tireless speakers against slavery after daring escape
1849: Harriet Tubman: "Moses" is also top Union spy
1850-1860: Underground Railroad helps thousands secure freedom
1850: Nancy Gardner Prince publishes autobiography
1851: Sojourner Truth: Activist for abolition, women's rights, prison reform
1852: Uncle Tom's Cabin is praised, vilified
1854: Families move to Kansas to help make it a free state
1862: Ida B. Wells: Exposes lynching horrors with the "light of truth"
1862: Sculptor honors abolitionists, feminists
1865: Refugees in Canada start coming home

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