"But, yesterday, the same man-made forms of law, declared it a crime punishable with $1,000 fine and six months' imprisonment, for you, or me, or any of us, to give a cup of cold water, a crust of bread, or a night's shelter to a panting fugitive as he was tracking his way to Canada. And every man or woman in whose veins coursed a drop of human sympathy violated that wicked law, reckless of consequences, and was justified in so doing."
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Spiritual teachersAbolitionistsFeminists from the United StatesWomen activists from the United StatesWomen's rights activists
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An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony on the Charge of Illegal Voting] (1874)
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Susan B. Anthony
Susan Brownell Anthony (15 February 1820 – 13 March 1906) was an American civil rights leader who, along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, led the effort to secure Women's suffrage in the United States.
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