Austin Willey papers, 1827-1896.

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Austin Willey papers, 1827-1896.

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Letters, newspaper clippings, and other papers relating to the activities of a prominent leader in the antislavery and prohibition movements in Maine (1839-1856) who continued his involvement with these causes after moving to Minnesota (1857). The collection includes a copy of the Maine Anti-slavery Society constitution and letters from Lewis Clark (on whose experiences the character of George Harris in Uncle Tom's Cabin was based), Neal Dow, and John Greenleaf Whittier.

44 items in 2 folders (partial box).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

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John Greenleaf Whittier was a wildly popular New England poet. A deeply committed and active abolitionist, he wrote many of his poems with a political agenda, although distinguished by an open-minded tolerance so often lacking in his fellow abolitionists. Although his works are somewhat marred by overtly political and overly sentimental works, the core of his output stands as fine, lyrical American verse. From the description of John Greenleaf Whittier letters, 1858 and 1876. (Pennsy...

Free Soil Party (U.S.)

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Prohibition Party (U.S.)

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Willey, Austin, 1806-1896

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Austin Willey, born on June 24, 1806 in Campton, New Hampshire, attended Pembroke Academy and graduated (1837) from Bangor Theological Seminary (1837). He edited several Maine antislavery and free soil newspapers (1839-ca. 1856): Advocate of Freedom, Liberty Standard, and Portland Inquirer. He also was an early advocate of prohibition and worked to enact the passage (1851) of Maine's prohibition law. To improve his health, Willey moved (1857) to Northfield (Rice County, Minn.), where he continue...

Clark, Lewis Garrard, 1812-1897.

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Dow, Neal, 1804-1897

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Dow was born in Portland, Maine on March 20, 1804, the son of Josiah Dow and his wife, Dorcas Allen Dow. Josiah Dow was a member of the Society of Friends (commonly known as Quakers) and a farmer originally from New Hampshire. Dorcas Allen was also a Quaker, and a member of a prosperous Maine family headed by her prominent grandfather, Hate-Evil Hall. They had three children, of whom Neal was the middle child and only son. After his marriage, Dow's father opened a tannery in Portland, which soon...