Today in Labor History December 24, 1807: Elizabeth Chandler, poet and abolitionist, was born on this date. In 1825, when she was only eighteen years old, her poem, "The Slave-Ship", was published, leading Benjamin Lundy, a well-known abolitionist and publisher, to ask her to write for his periodical, “The Genius of Universal Emancipation.” Chandler called for better treatment for Native Americans and the immediate emancipation of slaves. She was also responsible for popularizing one of the most famous abolitionist images, the kneeling female slave with the slogan "Am I not a Woman and a Sister?"
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