Anna Amalia Bergendahl Explained

Birth Name:Anna Amalia Bergendahl
Birth Date:24 July 1827
Birth Place:Amsterdam
Death Place:Amsterdam
Spouse:none
Children:none
Occupation:abolitionist, author, poet, publisher

Anna Amalia Bergendahl (1827–1899) was a Dutch prose author, poet, publisher, philanthropist and abolitionist. She played a significant part in the Dutch Abolitionist movement, known for her public campaign and funding for the issue at the time of the abolition of slavery in the Dutch colonial empire.

In 1856, she founded the abolitionist society 'Dames-Comité ter Bevordering van de Evangelieverkondiging en de Afschaffing der Slavernij' (Ladies Committee for the Promotion of the Proclamation of the Gospel and the Abolition of Slavery), an association for women with the purpose of the abolition of the slavery in Dutch Surinam.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bergendahl, Anna Amalia (1827-1899) . Anna . de Haas . 30 May 2024 . Dutch . resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon . . https://web.archive.org/web/20240303115046/https://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/Bergendahl/ . 2024-03-03. From .