The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-11-18
DEATH OF LUCRETIA MOTT.

Death has claimed another OF the band of noble
women who pioneered the way in correcting the
public sentiment that justified human slavery in
America-anotherw woman who battled for the free
dom and the elevation of the blacks and the no.
litical, civil, religious and personal liberty of
women
Week before last we announced the demise of
Lydia Maria Child, and now it is our sad duty to
chronicle the death Of the venerable aud venerated
Lucretia Mott, which occurred on the llth inst at
Philadelphia. Her maiden name was I.ucretia
Colin. She was born i'm Nantucket on the Sd of
January, 1893, and consequently was i'm her eighty
eighth year when she died. When sixteen years
OF age she entered Quaker boarding school at
New York, and remained there three years. part
OF the time as a teacher There her attention was
hrst called To the crime Of slavery and the duty
of abstaining from the use of slave produce, and
succeeding years deepened her convictions. In
iaUf she went TO her parents then living in Phila-
de!pliia, and in 1911 married James Mott who en-
tered into partnership with her father. The
depression in business consequent upon the
of 1872 and the death of her father made il neces
sary for her to engage in business with her hus-
band. In 1917 she took charge Of large day
school in Philadelphia, until compelled by other
duties To relinquish it, Soon after this, when i'm
her twenty-siXth year, she began her duties as a
preacher. After an interval Of several years de-
voted To the of a family Of six children, she
travelled through New England, Pennsylvania,
Maryland and part of Virginia, preaching
against slavery, and advocating the peculiar
tenets of the society Of Friends, obedience to the
inward light, and steadfast adherence to peace
principles At the time Of the division of that
society in 1877, she adhered to the Hicksite faith
..ts.
belief, and earnestly urging the duty OF negro
and OF ab~tainng from the use Of
goods obtained by slave labor She took an active
part in the organization Of the American Anti
Slavery Society in Philadelphia in 1888, and,
with other ab,,,;iou-t~, was subjected 20 The
mob violence which resulted in the burning
of Pennsylvania Hall, new building opened
for anti slavery meetings. Notwithstanding
the extreme odum attaching To the name Of
lbolitioui-t al that Time she continued To
preach against slavery, advocating the Interests
'f the negro race speaking occasionally in their
.Eurche-. and aiding i'm their charitable associa-
lions. She was delegate 10 the Worlds Anti
Slavery Convention held iu London in lsiu but
was excluded from seat delegate the right
Of women to take part in it being ncon~isteuty
denied by the "freedom-!ovng" majority Of
members. Still, she aud other women received
courtesy and attention. Nr~. Mott took an active .
part in the first Woman'- Rights Convention
which was held at Seneca Falls, y. Y, in 1915 +.
and has been identified with the movement ever
since. After the passage Of the fugitive slave
bill, she attended all trials of fugitive slaves in
encouraging them 10y her presence .
and words Of sympathy, and endeavorng to evoke .
a public sentiment in opposition to their surrender
to their masters. Since the emancipation Of the .
slaves, she has been constant worker i'm the
cause Of equal rights for women. May she rest IN
peace.