Salems Remond Family To Be Honored With Womens Suffrage Marker – Patch

SALEM, MA The Remond Family of Salem will be honored for its activism and efforts toward women's suffrage with a marker along the National Votes for Women Trail.

The marker will be unveiled at Hamilton Hall on Chestnut Street during a Thursday ceremony at 2 p.m. and become the second of five trail markers statewide this spring and summer.

The Remond Family was committed to the abolition of slavery, women's suffrage movement, and the desegregation of schools in Salem.

"The Remond Family made Hamilton Hall their home and place of business, a site where visionaries would flock to attend large events and where the Remond children would learn the principles of social justice," State Rep. Paul Tucker (D-Salem) said. "In the spirit of the Remond Family, let us all stand together against threats to civil liberties, and work together to ensure women's rights and voting rights for all citizens."

Parents John Remond, a lifelong member of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, and Nancy Lenox Remond served as caretakers of Hamilton Hall at the turn of the 19th century, where they also ran their catering business. Well-respected throughout Salem for their culinary skills, hospitality, business acumen, and social advocacy, they raised their eight children to fight for their rights and the rights of others.

Their son, Charles Lenox Remond, their eldest child, was among the first Black abolitionist lecturers and staunchly supportive of women's right to join the fight.

Charles Remond gave anti-slavery speeches throughout the U.S. and abroad, sometimes with his sister, Sarah. She was a stalwart member of the Salem Female Anti-Slavery Society, the New England Anti-Slavery Society, and the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.

"We're excited to celebrate the extraordinary legacy of the Remond Family at Hamilton Hall with this marker, which will also help educate the Salem community and visitors about the vital role they served in the progress of our country's history," said Michael Selbst, President of The Board of Directors for Hamilton Hall. "As advocates for human rights, the Remonds remind us all to stand up and raise our voices today for those experiencing discrimination."

The Remond Family marker is the second of five Massachusetts markers that will be unveiled: Maria Baldwin (Cambridge); Anne L. Page (Danvers); Remond Family (Salem); Sojourner Truth (Northampton); and Sarah E. Wall (Worcester).

"It is important to recognize that some white women's suffrage groups would not include Black members, and that after the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920, discriminatory laws continued to restrict voting access for many Americans of color," State Sen. Joan Lovely (D-Salem) said. "The Remond Family had steadfast perseverance, pushing through layers of resistance so their message of social justice could be heard, and it's our duty to honor that legacy."

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)

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