19th+Century+Hero-lydia+child-marco

1. A hero is someone who takes control of a situation for nothing in return. For example if someone is in need of help or in danger and a person helps in some way, that makes them a hero. The name of my hero is Lydia Child. I believe that she is a hero because she wrote about anti-slavery and her writing reached many people. This essay is about my hero and how she became one. 
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2. Lydia Child lived from February 11, 1802 - October 20, 1880. She was born and raised in Medford, Massachusetts. She tried to help African Americans from slavery. She was against slavery and wrote books about anti-slavery. These actions were important because she got to many people with her writing.


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3. I the 1830s through the 1850s she wrote books about anti-slavery. She strongly believed that slavery was wrong and unneeded so she stood up for people that couldn't stand up for them selves. People would be shocked because she was one of the few that knew that the white race were too selfish and dominant. One of her famous anti-slavery books is called " //An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans//." This book was published in 1833 and in about 10 years later in 1843, she wrote another one called "Slavery's Pleasant Homes: A Faithful Sketch ." She would always stand up for peoples rights and didn't care what other thought of her. Lydia may not have helped directly but she was a big reason why many didn't like slavery. "The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word 'love'. It is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life." -Lydia Marie Child


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4. Lydia Marie Child was womans' rights "activist." She of course belived that all women were suppose to have equal rights to all men. She also belived that that wouldnt happen untill they freed the slaves but didnt care much for the all-female societies. She said that woman would accomplish more by working with men. Lydia was trying to get rights for both women and slaves but decided to stop writing because she didnt want to promote violence to use against slavery. This impacted many people and even more when she dicided to stop because she stoped fighting for rights. "finished with the cause forever." -Lydia Marie Child


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5. Many people may have thought that Lydia was not a hero like white men. The men kept on having the slaves and treating them really bad. For most of the time they did ignore her but once the beat up one of her friend from the American Anti-Slavery Society. Then Lydia wrote a poem named “The Kansas Emigrants.”


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6. Some thing that Lydia left behind is her anti-slavery books and stories. People will be able to look back and see that Lydia was and her writing was a very important hero. With out her many people wouldnt probably notice how wrong slavery was.