Sophia Foord — abolitionist and teacher
- Creator(s):
- Foord, Sophia
- Title:
- Letter to Robert Adams
- Publication/Origin:
- Northampton, [Massachusetts]: 8 May 1843
- Description:
- In 1842 schoolteacher Sophia Foord moved to Northampton, Massachusetts, to join the recently formed utopian Northampton Association of Education and Industry. Founded to promote social reform through cooperative work, the NAEI was race-, class-, gender-and religion-equal. Foord writes that “this has become quite a depot for fugitives,” noting that “the slaves escape so frequently that their masters say . . . the Abolitionists must have ‘a railroad under ground.’” She also describes rather sarcastically a visit to writer and abolitionist Lydia Maria Child.
- Citation:
- Foord, Sophia, Letter to Robert Adams, Northampton, [Massachusetts]: 8 May 1843, Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Accessed April 20, 2024, https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/baskin/item/4135