The Birmingham Ladies Society for the Relief of Negro Slaves, also known as the Birmingham and West Bromwich Ladies Society for the Relief of Negro Slaves,[1] was founded in Birmingham, England, on 8 April 1825.
It was the first anti-slavery society for women, and sometimes referred to as the Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society.
Lucy Townsend and Mary Lloyd were the first joint secretaries, while other founding members included Elizabeth Heyrick, Sophia Sturge and Sarah Wedgwood.
[1] Around 1830, it became the Female Society for Birmingham.
[3] By 1831 there were over seventy similar anti-slavery organisations.