Hinda Mandell

Craft Research Fund Grant

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2019

“Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery (Sewing) Society: Race and Gender in mid-19th Century Handicraft as a tool for the Abolitionist Cause.”

What was the role of handicraft as a mechanism by middle-class white women to oppose slavery and support the abolitionist work of Frederick Douglass? This research project fulfills a significant gap in the literature since there is no scholarly investigation chronicling the work of the Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery (Sewing) Society.

Organization Background

Rochester, NY

$6,014

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Hinda Mandell marking the location in Rochester, New York, where the abolitionist Frederick Douglass lived with his wife, Anna, and their five children, from 18481851. The site is now a parking lot. The Rochester Ladies AntiSlavery Sewing Society was known to meet at their house at this spot.