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Charity Still
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Charity Still (c. 1765 – 1857) was an American abolitionist, and the matriarch of the American abolition movement. Her son William Still became a well-known abolitionist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; her children Peter, James, John, and Mary played roles in the abolitionist movement. She is also known as Sidney Steel, and Sidney Charity Still.
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