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Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Nathaniel Peabody Rogers collection

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-806
Overview

A collection relating to the work of anti-slavery advocate and worker, Nathaniel Peabody Rogers, and the circle of others involved, including John Greenleaf Whittier, William Lloyd Garrison and Susan B. Anthony. There are a number of issues of the Herald of Freedom of which Rogers was the editor.

Dates: 1800-1911

Taylor Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1233
Overview

This collection traces several generations of the Quaker Taylor family, but centers on Francis R. Taylor (1884-1947) and George Washington Taylor (1803-1891). The former was an attorney and collector of information about his own and related families, as well as local historical information. The latter, who ran a free produce store in Philadelphia in the period before the American Civil War, was connected through his interests in free labor to many correspondents.

Dates: 1737-1999

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  • Subject: Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century X

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Antislavery movements -- History 1
Church controversies -- Society of Friends 1
Slave labor 1
Society of Friends -- Doctrines 1
genealogies (histories) 1