Record of the Bigelow family of Burlington / collected by Robert W. Allen.

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Record of the Bigelow family of Burlington / collected by Robert W. Allen.

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Records relating to the Bigelow family of Burlington, Vermont, collected and transcribed by Robert W. Allen. Lawrence Bigelow (1810-1867) was rumored to have sheltered runaway slaves in his home. He also attended John Brown's funeral. Included with the genealogical material is a script written by Allen for the reenactment of Bigelow's journey to North Elba, New York to attend the funeral.

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Bigelow, Lawrence Goodhue, 1810-1867.

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Brown, John, 1800-1859

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John Brown (May 9, 1800, Torrington, Connecticut – December 2, 1859, Charles Town, Virginia) was born in Connecticut in 1800 before migrating with his family at an early age to the Connecticut Western Reserve. He failed at several business ventures and land speculations before devoting his life to the abolition of slavery. Brown was executed in 1859 following his failed attempt to incite a slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Edwin Coppoc, a native of Salem, Ohio, joined Brown in his rai...

Bigelow family.

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Allen, Robert Willis.

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