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Elizabeth Buffum Chace (December 9, 1806 – December 12, 1899) was an American activist in the anti-slavery, women's rights, and prison reform movements of the mid-to-late 19th century. She was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 2002.
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Elizabeth Buffum Chace, the first woman to be memorialized with a statue in the Rhode Island State House, was an antislavery activist and a pioneering advocate for women’s suffrage. The daughter of abolitionist leader Arnold Buffum, she married fellow Quaker Samuel Chace, a Fall River textile manufacturer.
Learn about the life and legacy of Elizabeth Buffum Chace, a Quaker who fought against slavery, racism and discrimination in Rhode Island and beyond. Read about her family, her involvement in the Underground Railroad, and her activism for women's rights and prison reform.
Elizabeth Buffum Chace was born on December 9, 1806 in Smithfield, Rhode Island. She was a well-known activist in the anti-slavery, women’s rights, and prison reform movements. Throughout her life, Chace was surrounded by the influence of anti-slavery Quakers.
Elizabeth Buffum Chace, Nineteenth-Century Mother and Antislavery Worker. Elizabeth Buffum Chace (1806-1899) lived a very full, active, and long life. She was an antislavery activist before the Civil War and a woman’s rights advocate in the decades after it.
Chace, Elizabeth Buffum (1806–1899) American abolitionist and suffragist. Born Elizabeth Buffum, Dec 9, 1806, in Providence, Rhode Island; died Dec 12, 1899, in Central Falls, Rhode Island; dau. of Arnold Buffum (abolitionist) and Rebecca (Gould) Buffum; sister of Sarah Buffum Borden and Rebecca Buffum Spring (who m.
