What did Carey work against in India?
Non-Violence Movement
The Caste System
The Practice of Sati
Arranged Marriages
Answer
The practice of Sati, the ritual burning of widows on their husband's funeral pyres, was outlawed in India in 1829 after years of campaigning by William Carey, an English missionary who arrived in the country in 1793. Carey believed that Sati was a barbaric practice that was harmful to both women and society as a whole.
William Carey: The Visionary Voice of English Missions
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