Eunice Davis

Eunice Russ Ames Davis (October 22, 1800 – 1901) was a multiracial abolitionist and one of the founding members of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society.

She was the president of the first independent Baptist Female Society and attended the Zion church in Boston, where she met other abolitionists.

[2] She actively supported other abolitionists, including William Lloyd Garrison, editor and publisher of The Liberator, which advocated against slavery among other issues.

[3] In 1839, Davis and other members petitioned the Massachusetts legislature to denounce a law restricting interracial marriage.

[3] When in her nineties, The New York Times proclaimed her the "oldest living female abolitionist in the world".