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Born May 26, 1797 • Lebanon • Connecticut
Died July 30, 1872 (aged 75) • Washington, D.C. • United States
Angelina Grimké
American abolitionist
Sarah Grimké
American abolitionist
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
United States official and diplomat
Anna Murray Douglass
Anna Murray Douglass
American abolitionist
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
Harriet Tubman
American abolitionist
portrait of John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier
American author
Charlotte Forten Grimké
Charlotte Forten Grimké
American abolitionist and educator
Lucretia Mott
Lucretia Mott
American social reformer
Robert Gould Shaw.
Robert Gould Shaw
Union army officer
Frances E.W. Harper
Frances E.W. Harper
American author and social reformer
Abigail Hopper Gibbons
American social reformer
Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth
American evangelist and social reformer
Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner
United States statesman
Ernestine Rose.
Ernestine Rose
American social reformer
Robert Dale Owen
American politician and social reformer
Julia Ward Howe
Julia Ward Howe
American writer