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North Carolina Women Support a Non-importation Campaign
This declaration, reprinted in a London newspaper, provides an example of women's political activism during the revolutionary period. Over fifty "American ladies" from Edenton, North Carolina signed an agreement to stop buying and using tea, British [...]
Tags: Boycotts, Revolutionary War
Item Type: Newspaper/Magazine
Historical Era: Revolution and New Nation (1751-1815)
A British Print Satirizes "A Society of Patriotic Ladies"
During the revolutionary era, cheap prints depicting current events were in demand in both England and the colonies. This 1775 British print presented a scene in Edenton, North Carolina, where fifty-one women had signed a declaration in support of [...]