Deposition Signed by Henry H. Parker, 1860 October 9, Philadelphia.

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Deposition Signed by Henry H. Parker, 1860 October 9, Philadelphia.

Deposition signed by Henry H. Parker, October 9, 1860, attesting to anti-slavery statements of William Morris Davis and Lucretia Mott. Marks death of John Brown. Also signed at end by James G. Gibson.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7970157

Haverford College Library

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Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880

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Lucretia Mott (née Coffin) was born Jan. 3, 1793 in Nantucket, MA. She was a descendent of Peter Folger and Mary Morrell Folger and a cousin of Framer Benjamin Franklin. Mott became a teacher; her interest in women's rights began when she discovered that male teachers at the school were paid significantly more than female staff. A well known abolitionist, Mott considered slavery to be evil, a Quaker view. When she moved to Philadelphia, she became Quaker minister. Along with white and black wo...

Davis, William M. (William Morris), 1815-1891

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William Morris Davis was a Philadelphia sugar refiner, abolitionist, and member of Congress, 1861-1863. From the description of Letters, 1853-1879. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122441368 ...

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...

Gibson, James Glen Sivewright (British architect, 1861-1951)

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Parker, Henry H., fl. 1860.

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