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A determined voice in the American abolitionist movement, she is best remembered for her work with anti-slavery fairs in Boston and for writing a detailed report that captures the movement’s practical, day-to-day labor.
by A. W. Weston
Anne Warren Weston was an American abolitionist active in the circle of the Weston sisters, a family closely tied to anti-slavery organizing in Massachusetts. National Park Service material on the Weston sisters places Anne among the sisters who worked in abolitionist education and reform efforts, including teaching alongside her sisters in Boston and at Friends Academy in New Bedford.
She is also associated with the Report of the Twentieth National Anti-Slavery Bazaar from 1854, published under the name A. W. Weston. That report offers a vivid picture of how anti-slavery fundraising and organizing were carried out in practice, and it helps preserve the everyday work behind the broader abolition movement.
Some biographical details are harder to confirm cleanly from the sources I found, so this overview stays focused on the parts that are well supported: her role in anti-slavery activism, her connection to the Weston reform family, and her authorship of an important abolitionist report.