Nov. 25, 1847- Jan. 10, 1854

790 pages. Loose material with text has been scanned on the page it precedes. Semi-daily entries describe Wilbur’s daily life; teaching career; participation in the anti-slavery movement, including attendance at anti-slavery meetings and association with Frederick Douglass; observations of racism against African Americans and racial discrimination in education; extensive attendance at various lectures and meetings on subjects including science, temperance, teaching, abolition, and women’s rights; presence during speeches of prominent abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass, Wendell Phillips, Lucretia Mott, Abby Foster Kelley, and William Lloyd Garrison; participation in the women’s rights movement and association with Susan B. Anthony; and family relationships.

Subjects: Women--Diaries; Women teachers; Women--Education; Women in education; Discrimination in education; Congresses and conventions; Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Rochester Ladies’ Anti-slavery Society; Slavery; Fugitive slave law (United States : 1850); Fugitive slaves; Colored National Convention (1853 : Rochester, N.Y.); Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895; Temperance; Women’s rights; Lectures and lecturing

Relevant locations: Rochester (N.Y.); Rush (N.Y. : Town); Lockport (N.Y.)