Today in Abolitionist History
Political Movements Topics: Bolshevism - Civil Rights - Communism - Feminism - Gay Rights - Marxism - Socialism - Trotskyism - Women's Suffrage
Historical Events
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1775-04-14 - 1st abolitionist society in US organizes in Phila
1790-02-11 - Society of Friends petitions Congress for abolition of slavery
1831-01-01 - William Lloyd Garrison publishes 1st issue of abolitionist journal
1831-01-02 - Liberator, abolitionist newspaper, begins publishing in Boston
1837-11-07 - In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
1851-02-15 - Black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescueing a fugitive slave
1851-11-09 - Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape.
1864-10-13 - Maryland voters adopt new constitution, including abolition of slavery
Famous Birthdays
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1720-10-19 - John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (d. 1772)
1760-03-28 - Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation)
1785-09-28 - David Walker, Wilmington NC, abolitionist (Appeal to Colored Citizens)
1787-11-18 - Sojourner Truth, abolitionist/feminist
1789-01-04 - Benjamin Lundy, philanthropist/abolitionist
1793-01-03 - Lucretia Coffin Mott, US, teacher/minister/abolitionist/feminist
1800-05-09 - John Brown, abolitionist; led attack on Harpers Ferry
1802-02-11 - Lydia Maria Child, US, author/abolitionist (Juvenile Miscellany)
1802-06-12 - Harriet Martineau, controversial journalist, political economist, abolitionist and life-long feminist (d. 1876)
1802-11-09 - Elijah P Lovejoy, American newspaper publisher/abolitionist
1805-02-20 - Angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer
1805-12-10 - William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist publisher (The Liberator)
1812-03-22 - Stephen Pearl Andrews, American abolitionist (d. 1886)
1813-04-18 - James McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (d. 1865)
1815-12-23 - Henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat
1817-02-14 - Frederick Douglass, African-American abolitionist/lecturer/editor
1817-10-17 - Samuel Ringgold Ward, Maryland, minister/abolitionist (Fugitive Negro)
1818-08-13 - Lucy Blackwell-Stone, US abolitionist (US Woman's Suffrage Assn)
1819-02-22 - James Russell Lowell, poet/critic/diplomat/abolitionist
1826-06-06 - Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist
1832-03-17 - Moncure Daniel Conway, US, abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine)
1835-03-15 - John Henrie Kagi, American abolitionist (d. 1859)
Famous Deaths
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1772-10-07 - John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720)
1813-07-06 - Granville Sharp, British abolitionist (b. 1735)
1830-06-28 - David Walker, abolitionist (Appeal to Colored Citizens), dies at 44
1833-07-29 - William Wilberforce, English abolitionist (b. 1759)
1859-08-02 - Horace Mann, American educator and abolitionist (b. 1796)
1859-12-02 - John Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59
1865-11-17 - James McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (b. 1813)
1876-01-09 - Samuel Gridley Howe, American abolitionist (b. 1801)
1879-05-24 - William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73
1883-11-26 - Sojourner Truth, abolitionist/women's rights advocate, dies at 96
1893-10-18 - Lucy [Blackwell-]Stone, US abolitionist/feminist, dies
1894-12-13 - Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist, dies at 68
1898-10-12 - Calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (b. 1816)
1913-03-10 - Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, conductor on Underground RR, dies in NY
