All posts tagged "abolitionism"
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1.9K1MassachusettsLewis Tappan, the Man Who Hired Abe Lincoln to Spy on Sinners
Lewis Tappan hated slavery as much as he hated people who didn’t pay their debts. In 1841, he found he could do...
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2.9KRhode IslandRowland Hazard Gets 100 People Out of Jail for Free
Rowland Hazard was a well-known philosopher, politician and businessman, but he was proudest of something he did in the shadows: He released...
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2.9K2MassachusettsMashpee Teen James Mye Ends Slavery for Indian Children
James Mye, a poor Indian boy, was apprenticed to a Nantucket couple whose children treated him like a slave. The commonwealth never...
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7.1K3Maine6 Stops on the Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of people who hid fugitives from slavery in their homes during the day and moved them...
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1.7K5MassachusettsThe Nightingale of Boston and the Last Gasps of American Slave Trade
In early spring of 1861, the Nightingale of Boston set sail for Liverpool. Her cargo was grain, bread and barrels, broken down...
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1.0KMaineLeonard Black, A Suffering Slave Who Clung to Hope
Leonard Black couldn’t read or write when he escaped slavery in Maryland, but he found a way to pay for his education....
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2.4KMassachusettsLouisa May Alcott, Dangerous Fanatic, Kisses a Baby
In 1863, Louisa May Alcott horrified a Virginia woman by kissing an African-American baby. She had volunteered as a Civil War nurse at...
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1.7K5MassachusettsElizabeth Buffum Chace, Conductor on the Underground Railroad
Elizabeth Buffum Chace belonged to old and distinguished Rhode Island families, but she was distrusted and shunned because of her ardent opposition...
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1.8K1MassachusettsBoston Gentlemen Riot for Slavery
A meeting of four dozen women and a British abolitionist inspired thousands who considered themselves gentlemen to riot and drag a magazine...
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1.2K6MassachusettsQuock Walker, 28, Kicks the Legs Out From Under Slavery in Massachusetts
In 1781, Quock Walker took to heart the new idea that all men are born free and equal, and that everyone is...