Major, Benjamin, 1796-1852
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In the late 1820s, possibly as a result of his friendship with Alexander Campbell, founder of the Disciples of Christ Church, Benjamin Major came to the conclusion that slavery was wrong. He freed his eight slaves and paid their passage to Liberia, where they arrived in late summer of 1830. The Major family moved from Christian County, Kentucky, to Woodford County, Ill., in 1834.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/172538652
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2011048310
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African American families
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Liberia
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