Maria Weston or Maria Weston Chapman (July 24, 1806–1885) was an American abolitionist. She was elected to the executive committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1839 and from 1839 until 1842, she served as editor of the anti-slavery journal, Non-Resistant.
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“Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them a higher one.”
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“Not since Moses has anyone seen a mountain so greatly.”
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“We may draw good out of evil; we must not do evil, that good may come.”
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