Sarah Parker Remond

Sarah Parker Remond (June 6, 1815 – December 13, 1894) was an African-American educator, abolitionist, and member of the American Anti-Slavery Society. She made her first speech against slavery when she was only sixteen years old. Late in life she became a physician in Italy.
Life.
Remond was born in Salem, Massachusetts. She was born June 6, 1826, and she died in 1894. She went to an all black elementary school. she was not a slave but her father was, who then became an American citizen. Her family moved to Newport, Rhode Island and she went to a private school. She made her first speech in 1842. She made her first speech when she was 16 years old against slavery.