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A walking tour in Charleston, South Carolina about the first female abolitionist agents and pioneers of women's rights in America.

Based on the novel Invention of Wings by Susan Monk Kidd, you will walk in the path of the Grimke sisters and see, feel, and hear how life in Charleston was for both whites and blacks during the 1800’s. This tour will show you highlights from the book, divulge untold stories and will complete the tale of the Grimke sisters and how these two women shaped future generations.

02/05/2024

May 1839 "American Slavery As It Is" is published. Angelina and Sarah would pour through 20,000 newspapers and write about their own personal experiences. This publication was the most powerful abolitionist tract until the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin - which Harriet Beecher Stowe used real world experiences from "American Slavery.." in her book.

23/04/2024

Got to spend the day with Kathy and Jen from Literary Inspired Travel. Thanks ladies for bringing your group to spend time exploring the world of the Grimke Sisters. What a amazing , fun group of women. Enjoyed our time together.

04/03/2024

March 4, 1870, the women of Hyde Park, MA were allowed to have a mock vote. Sarah and Angelina would lead the women to City Hall where they would drop in their votes. It would be 1920 before a women's vote would count and 1965 before black women were voting.

21/02/2024

Feb 21, 1838: Angelina would be the first woman to speak in front of a government body when she address the Massachusetts's legislature. "I stand before you as a southerner, exiled from the land of my birth by the sound of the lash and the piteous cry of the slave. I stand before you as a repentant slaveholder... I stand before you as a moral being."

20/02/2024

Happy 219 Birthday Angelina!

06/02/2024

Mary Smith Grimke, mother of Angelina and Sarah was born on this day in 1764. Mary's Great, Great, Grandfather was Governor of Carolina in 1693-1694.

01/02/2024

Honored to be part of Charleston Tour Association's "Tourism Day" and to be able to help support an amazing organization such as Big Brothers Big Sisters.

20/11/2023

Grimke Sisters Tour is participating in Charleston Tour Association's Tourism Day on Saturday December 2. 10% of my tours that day go to supporting Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lowcountry. Please help me support a great organization. Lee Ann

31/08/2023

On August 30, 1835, Angelina would write William Lloyd Garrison a letter expressing her fears and concerns about mob violence against blacks and abolitionists. She would say to Garrison, " The ground upon which you stand is holy ground: never-never surrender it. If you surrender it, hope of the slave is extinguished." This letter becomes one of the first steps Angelina took in becoming an abolitionist.

10/08/2023

In the summer of 1819, Sarah would accompany her father up North to seek treatment for his failing health. This was the 1st time she was exposed to the Quaker religion.

17/07/2023

I had the honor to be part of a podcast about the Grimke Sisters on "The Quaker." Enjoy!
https://quakerpodcast.com/the-grimke-sisters-how-two-southern-slave-owning-quakers-became-americas-fiercest-abolitionists/

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://www.instagram.com/quakerpodcast/

12/07/2023

On July 11, 1837, Sarah would write her "Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women." This was the first comprehensive feminist argument presented by a women and it happened 11 years before Seneca Falls.
"Whatsoever it is morally right for a man to do, it is morally right for a woman to do... she is clothed by her Maker with the same rights, and... the same duties."

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28/06/2023

Happy Carolina Day! 1st victory for the Patriots in the South happened at little fort called Fort Sullivan which was made out of Palmetto trees and sand. Judge Grimke fought during the American Revolution and was captured during the Siege of Charlestowne.

13/06/2023

Archaeology dig at one of the Grimke's houses. Can't wait to see what they uncover.
https://www.postandcourier.com/news/archaeologists-dig-through-years-of-charleston-history-at-the-heyward-washington-house/article_973df4f8-f03a-11ed-97bc-3bd599adddb8.html

31/05/2023

In May of 1839", American Slavery As It Is" was published. Sarah and Angelina went through 20,000 newspapers and wrote about their own experiences with slavery.100,000 copies were sold.

15/05/2023

Sarah would set sail for Philadelphia on May 15, 1821. She was 28 years old.

14/05/2023

Happy 185 Anniversary Angelina and Theodore Weld. Married in Philadelphia on May 14, 1838.

07/03/2023

On March 4th, 1870 the women of Hyde Park Massachusetts would be allowed to have a mock vote for the town officers. Sarah and Angelina would lead the way to drop in those votes. It would be 1920 before women in the United States could vote legally.

22/02/2023

On this day in 1838, Angelina would be the 1st women to speak in front of a legislative body of government when she addressed the Massachusetts Legislature.

“I stand before you as a southerner, exiled from the land of my birth by the sound of the lash and the piteous cry of the slave. I stand before you as a repentant slaveholder... I stand before you as a moral being. "

31/01/2023

I am so excited to have a group of ladies from "Tri It For Life" on my "Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History Tour." What a fantastic group of ladies and organization. To learn more: https://triitforlife.org/chapters/charleston_sc/

23/01/2023

The Grimke Sisters Tour is proud to be a supporter of "The Charleston Tour Association's Tourism Day 2022".

Post and Courier Article Jan 22, 2023 by Megan Fernandes
Tourism Day tally

Fifteen hospitality industry businesses raised $6,905 on “Tourism Day” last month for One80 place, the largest provider of services to people experiencing homelessness in South Carolina.

Officials with the Charleston Tours Association presented the donation to the organization on Jan. 18.

Every December, participating tourism-related businesses such as tour companies and guides and historical museums donate 10 percent of their revenue to the local nonprofit.

One80 Place has a wide range of programs and services to help prevent and end homelessness. Close to $8,000 was raised for the group on the inaugural Tourism Day in 2021. The trade organization has made it an annual tradition.

16/12/2022

Happy 270th Birthday Judge Grimke. ( Sarah and Angelina's Father) Born on this day in 1752.

21/11/2022

We are proud to be participating in ! Take one of our tours on Dec. 3 and 10% of your ticket price will be donated to , Charleston’s homeless shelter. Help us help the homeless this holiday season! ,

- One-Eighty Place
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11/11/2022

Proud to be a Charleston Tour Association member and honored to serve as President for this association.

The Charleston Tour Association was presented a proclamation by Mayor Tecklenburg and Councilmember Peter Shahid. It was proclaimed Tuesday November 8, 2022 as
"The Charleston Tour Association Day." I would like to thank the Mayor and Councilmember Shahid for this honor.

20/09/2022

Sept. 19, 1835: Angelina's letter to William Lloyd Garrison was published in his abolitionist newspaper called "The Liberator". This letter is the catalyst in her movement to becoming an Abolitionist.
"I can hardly express to thee the deep and solemn interest with which I have viewed the violent proceedings of the last weeks. The ground upon which you stand is holy ground: never – never surrender it. If you surrender it, the hope of the slave is extinguished. If persecution is the means by which God has ordained for the accomplishment of this great end, EMANCIPATION; then … I feel as if I could say, LET IT COME, for it is my deep, solemn deliberate conviction, that this is a cause worth dying for."

31/08/2022

The Grimke Brothers Historical Marker is listed in the "African American Historic Places in South Carolina." So excited that their story is being shared.https://scdah.sc.gov/sites/scdah/files/Documents/Historic%20Preservation%20(SHPO)/Publications/AAHP_2021.pdf

29/07/2022

Excited to see that The Invention of Wings was featured on the Today Show. Congrats Sue Monk Kidd.

21/07/2022

On this day in 1839, Mary Grimke would pass away at the age of 75. Mary had asked what the Sisters would like for her to leave them in her will. The Sisters asked for any one that was enslaved by their Mother. Mary would leave them 2 women and their children. The Sisters promptly arranged for their freedom.

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