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Born March 25, 1805 • England
Died February 2, 1856 (aged 50) • New Jersey
Founder Workingmen’s Party
Role In Homestead Movement
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
United States official and diplomat
Horace Greeley
Horace Greeley
American journalist
Robert Dale Owen
American politician and social reformer
Hobby, Oveta Culp
Oveta Culp Hobby
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Brownlow, William G.
William G. Brownlow
American journalist and politician
Amelia Bloomer
Amelia Bloomer
American social reformer
Maria Weston Chapman
American abolitionist
Colfax, Schuyler
Schuyler Colfax
vice president of United States
George Creel.
George Creel
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Moore, Ely
Ely Moore
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Duff Green
Duff Green
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Gamaliel Bailey
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Joseph Medill McCormick
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Adams, Henry
Henry Adams
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William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison
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Wright, Frances
Frances Wright
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Mary Ashton Rice Livermore
Mary Ashton Rice Livermore
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Patrick Buchanan
Pat Buchanan
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Stanley Crouch
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Whitney, John Hay
John Hay Whitney
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