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Charlotte Forten Grimké
1837–1914
United States
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Charlotte Louise Bridges Grimké (née Forten; August 17, 1837 – July 23, 1914) was an African-American abolitionist, poet, and educator. She grew up in a prominent abolitionist family in Philadelphia. She taught school for years, including to freedmen in South Carolina during the Civil War.
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