yr9_Anne_Knight

=__Anne Knight__=

__**Details about My Life...**__ I am the daughter of William Knight, a wholesale grocer, I was born in Chelmsford in 1781. My mother was Priscilla Allen, a well-known radical and Nonconformist. My family was members of the Society of Friends and were pacifists and also took an active role in the Anti-Slavery and Temperance campaigns. By 1830 I was involved in the Quaker attempt to end slavery. In Chelmsford I organised petitions, distributed literature and arranged public meetings. I also formed a branch of the Women's Anti-Slavery Society in Chelmsford. I frequently travelled to London where I worked closel y with Thomas Clarkson. In 1834 I toured France where I gave lectures on the immorality of slavery. Knight argued for the immediate abolition of slavery without compensation. Later, I the anti-slavery campaign was recognised when a village for Jamaican freed slaves was named Knightsville. Knight also became active in the Chartist movement. However, I became concerned about the way women campaigners were treated by some of the male leaders in both the Chartist and Anti-Slavery organisations. I was furious when there were attempts to stop some women delegates taking part in the World Antislavery Convention held in London in 1840. So I wasn't just Anti slavery but also anti sexisum At a conference on world peace held in 1849, I met two of Britain's reformers, Henry Brougham and Richard Cobden. I was disappointed by their lack of enthusiasm for women's rights. For the next few months I sent them several letters arguing the case for women's suffrage. Knight also attacked Chartist leaders who argued that the class struggle was more important than the struggle for women's rights. In a letter published in the Brighton Herald in 1850 I demanded that the Chartists should campaign for what I described as "true universal suffrage".
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