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Portrait, Abigail Mott Moore

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Abigail Mott Moore (1795–1846) was an American Quaker, abolitionist, women's rights activist, and author. She was a member of the prominent Mott family of activists, which included her sister-in-law, the well-known social reformer Lucretia Mott. Known professionally as Abigail Mott, she wrote several works on education and abolitionism. She and her husband Lindley Moore became deeply involved in the anti-slavery movement, co-founding one of Rochester's first anti-slavery societies, the Rochester Anti-Slavery Society, in 1838. She died of tuberculosis on September 4, 1846, at the age of 51.

2011.001.21

Oil on Canvas

Moore, Abigail Mott

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Moore, Abigail Mott

2011.001.20

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