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Born December 27, 1829 • North Carolina
Died March 9, 1909 (aged 79) • Washington, D.C. • United States
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
American abolitionist, orator, publisher, and author
William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison
American editor, writer, and abolitionist
John Brown
John Brown
American abolitionist
Horace Greeley
Horace Greeley
American journalist
Wright, Frances
Frances Wright
American social reformer
Harriet Tubman seated and facing the camera, wearing a headscarf and a light-colored scarf at her neck, with her hands resting in her lap.
Harriet Tubman
American abolitionist
Robert Gould Shaw.
Robert Gould Shaw
Union army officer
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Robert Dale Owen
American politician and social reformer
Abigail Kelley Foster.
Abigail Kelley Foster
American abolitionist and feminist
Schurz
Carl Schurz
German-American politician
Tappan, Arthur
Arthur Tappan
American philanthropist
Smith, Gerrit
Gerrit Smith
American philanthropist and social reformer
Julian, George W.
George W. Julian
American politician
Wilson, Henry
Henry Wilson
vice president of United States
Hale, John Parker
John Parker Hale
American politician
Lydia Maria Child
Lydia Maria Child
American author
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Maria Weston Chapman
American abolitionist
Wendell Phillips
Wendell Phillips
American abolitionist
Appeal…to the Colored Citizens of the World…
David Walker
American abolitionist
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Franklin Benjamin Sanborn
American journalist