History of Centerville, (New Castle County) Delaware United States of America

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Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, author. was born at Centre, near Wilmington, Del., Dec. 24, 1807; daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Evans) Chandler. She was taken to Philadelphia at an early age, and educated in Quaker schools until she was thirteen years old. She began to write verses when in her ninth year, and at the age of sixteen became a frequent contributor to the press. In 1824 she wrote The Slave Ship, for which she was awarded the third premium by the Casket. This was copied into the Genius of Universal Emancipation, to which paper she was invited to contribute frequently. In 1829 she became editor of the Ladies' Repository, a department in that magazine, and wrote chiefly on the subject of emancipation, being the first American woman author to make this subject the principal theme of her writings. In 1830 she removed to Michigan, settling near Tecumseh, where she continued to write for the press. She is the author of Essays, Philanthropic and Moral (1836), and Poetical Works (1845, new ed., 1886). See The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Margaret Chandler; with a Memoir of her Life and Character by Benjamin Lundy (1845). She died at "Hazelbank," near Tecumseh, Lenawee county, Mich., Nov. 2, 1834.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Centerville, (New Castle County) Delaware

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