Mrs. Frank S. Churchill portrait collection of abolitionists, [18--].

Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879

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Angelina Emily Grimké Weld (born February 20, 1805, Charleston, South Carolina – died October 26, 1879, Hyde Park, Massachusetts), American abolitionist, political activist, women's rights advocate, and supporter of the women's suffrage movement. At one point she was the best known, or "most notorious," woman in the country. She and her sister, Sarah Moore Grimké, were considered the only notable examples of white Southern women abolitionists. The sisters lived together as adults, while Angelina...

Grew, Mary, 1813-1896

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Mary Grew (September 1, 1813 – October 10, 1896) was an American abolitionist and suffragist whose career spanned nearly the entire 19th century. She was a leader of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society and the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society. She was one of eight women delegates who were denied their seats at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in 1840. An editor and journalist, she wrote for abolitionist newspapers and chronicled the work of Philadelphia's abolitionists over more t...

Ritchie, Alexander Hay, 1822-1895

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Engraver; New York, N.Y. From the description of Alexander Hay Ritchie letter to Rev. Carroll, 1891 May 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122370545 The American engraver and painter Alexander Hay Ritchie was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and studied in Edinburgh. In 1841 he emigrated to America, settling in New York City about 1847. From the description of Letter : Edinburgh, to J.M. Greenhow, before 1841. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84155219 ...

Earle, Mary

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Whitson, Thomas H., 1829-1907

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Barney, Nathaniel

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Nathaniel Barney (1792-1869), a Quaker and abolitionist, was an oil and candle manufacturer who resided in Nantucket, MA. He later resided in Yonkers, N.Y. From the guide to the Nathaniel Barney letter to William Lloyd Garrison, 1867, (Brooklyn Historical Society) ...

Green, Beriah, 1795-1874

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Abolitionist clergyman; originally of New England; attended Middlebury College and Andover Seminary; teacher of biblical studies; taught at Western Reserve College, Hudson, Ohio, from 1830-1833; in 1832-1833 accepted an offer to head the Oneida Institute in Whitesboro, N.Y. (later known as Whitestown Seminary), where capitalized on the abolitionist feelings at Oneida and worked to organize anti-slavery societies in other parts of New York; Oneida closed due to financial difficulties in 1844 but ...

Hallowell, Anna Davis, 1838-

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Collyer, Robert, 1823-1912

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Clergyman, author. From the description of Robert Collyer autograph [manuscript], 1881 Oct 6. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 302415629 Born in England, blacksmith, Methodist lay-preacher. Came to U.S. in 1850. Unitarian minister: Chicago (1859-1879) and New York City (1879-1903). From the description of Sermons, 1906. (Harvard University, Divinity School Library). WorldCat record id: 182047336 Epithet: rector of Warham, county Norfolk ...

Furness, William Henry, 1802-1896

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William Henry Furness, Unitarian minister, was born 20 Apr. 1802 in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1825 Furness was ordained minister of the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia. He became pastor emeritus of the congregation in 1875 and continued to preach occasionally until his death 30 Jan. 1896 in Philadelphia. Furness published numerous books on the New Testament, translated German poetry, and wrote original hymns. In the years before the Civil War, Furness tried to comprehend a Christian's dut...

Elder, William, 1806-1885

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Attended Jefferson Medical College. Practiced medicine and in 1842 was admitted to the Bar. Moved to Philadelphia where he wrote, lectured and was editor of the Liberty Herald. From the description of William Elder letter to John P. Kennedy [manuscript], 1858 Jan. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 176633356 William Elder sailed in Viewforth on a whaling voyage to the Davis Strait during the 1835-1836 season. From the guide to the William Elder collect...

Severance, Theodoric C.

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Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898

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Williamson, Passmore

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Freeman, George

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Epithet: of Gorey, county Wexford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000215.0x0003cf ...

Garrett, Thomas, 1789-1871

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Abolitionist; joined Pennsylvania Abolition Society in 1818; his home in Wilmington, Del. was a refuge for slaves and an Underground Railroad station which caused Md. to offer a reward of $10,000 for his arrest. Arrested in 1848, convicted, fined. Helped about 2,000 salves to escape. From the description of Deed of sale, 1832 March 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122582919 Quaker abolitionist. From the description of Address to the colourd people of St. Helena...

Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847

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Severance, Caroline M. Seymour (Caroline Maria Seymour), 1820-1914

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Caroline Maria Seymour Severance, suffragist, reformer, and social activist, was born in Canadaigua, New York, in January 1820. In 1840 she married Theodoric Severance. The Severances first lived in Cleveland, Ohio, but moved to Boston in 1855. In 1868, Caroline Severance founded the New England Women's Club, the first women's club in the United States earning her the name "Mother of Clubs." The Severances moved to Los Angeles in 1875 where she continued her various reform work including Unitari...

Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857

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Biographical Note: James G. Birney was an attorney, an abolitionist writer and publisher. He was born in Kentucky in 1784 to a wealthy, slaveholding family, but he abandoned a successful law practice to become an agent for abolitionism. Birney hoped to accomplish the abolition of slavery through political means and through the publication of books, pamphlets, and newspapers. He was the Liberty Party's unanimous presidential nominee in 1840 and 1844. James G. Birney died in 1853. From...

Powell, Aaron M. (Aaron Macy), 1832-1899

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Quaker social reformer. From the description of Papers, 1865-1900. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 26909628 ...

Churchill, Frank Spooner, 1864-1946

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Frank Spooner Churchill was the physician on this excursion of the American Geographic Society of New York, headed by William Morris Davis. From the description of Papers, 1912. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122316328 Epithet: physician, of Cape Cod Massachusetts British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x0000c8 Frank Spooner Churchill, M.D., was born in Milton...

Grew, Henry, 1781-1862

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Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895

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Writer Weld, the husband of Angelina Grimké, was active in the abolitionist and temperance movements. For additional biographical information, see Dictionary of American Biography and Who Was Who in America, 1607-1896 (1963). From the description of Letters, 1880-1890 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007533 Theodore Dwight Weld was born in Hampton, Connecticut on November 23, 1803. An advocate and crusader for temperance, abolition and women's right...