The Personal Correspondence of Hannah Brown and Sarah Smith
Hannah Brown and Sarah Smith, two young teenaged Quaker girls, write letters to each other from 1857 to 1859. Both Hannah and Sarah come from strong abolitionist families, and became close friends while Sarah attended a Quaker school in Hannah's hometown of Goose Creek, Virginia. When Sarah returned to Philadelphia, the girls began a regular correspondence. Hannah's grandfather is an active abolitionist who has helped many slaves escape along the Undergr...