Morris, Robert, 1823-1882
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Morris, Robert, 1823-1882
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Morris, Robert, 1823-1882
Morris, Robert (lawyer)
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Born in Salem, Mass. Morris was one of the first African-American lawyers in the United States and the first in Boston. Morris attempted to desegregate Boston schools in 1849, petitioned the Massachusetts legislature in 1852 for an African-American militia (the Massasoit Guards), was one of the conductors on the Underground Railroad and was very active in the Abolitionist movement and in the Boston Vigilance Committee.
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https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr2001029512
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Slavery
African American abolitionists
African American lawyers
African Americans
African Americans
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Liberia
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Massachusetts
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Massachusetts--Boston
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