Elizabeth Margaret Chandler Papers 1793-1854

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Elizabeth Margaret Chandler Papers 1793-1854

Papers of Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, Abolitionist poet, and the Chandler family of Adrian, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, including Elizabeth's parents Thomas and Margaret Evans Chandler; Margaret's sisters Ruth Evans and Jane Howell; Elizabeth's brothers Thomas and William, and William's wife Sarah Taylor Chandler. Correspondence of Elizabeth and Thomas Chandler and Ruth Evans with family members in the East, Benjamin Lundy, and others, describing early settlement, agricultural conditions, and local and national anti-slavery movements; also family correspondence of Thomas and Margaret Chandler in Pennsylvania.

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Howell, Jane

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Richard Allen (born February 14, 1760, Delaware Colony – died March 26, 1831, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a minister, educator, writer, and one of America's most active and influential Black leaders. In 1794, he founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), the first independent Black denomination in the United States. He opened his first AME church in 1794 in Philadelphia. Elected the first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1816, Allen focused on organizing a de...

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Evans, Abi.

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Papers of Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, Abolitionist poet, and the Chandler family of Adrian, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, including Elizabeth's parents Thomas and Margaret Evans Chandler; Margaret's sisters Ruth Evans and Jane Howell; Elizabeth's brothers Thomas and William, and William's wife Sarah Taylor Chandler. From the description of Elizabeth Margaret Chandler papers, 1793-1854. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423571 Elizabeth Margaret Chandler was born...

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