... such as Maria Weston Chapman and Angelina Grimké Weld, the speakers' voices were drowned out by the mob which had gathered outside. When the women emerged, arms linked in solidarity, they were stoned and insulted. The mob returned the following day and burned the hall, which had been inaugurated only three days earlier, to the ground. Mob violence against abolitionists ... ...

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... a triumphant return from battle, a wedding, or other cause for public rejoicing, was celebrated in public dances, which were accompanied with songs and music suited to the occasion. This sense of solidarity was re-established on the slave ship. We have said that the dance is a way to establish a contact, both physically and psychologically; a thing that blacks did because they wanted to ... ...

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