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...described Garrison, who started the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator in 1831, as a "wonderful example of a journalistic agitator...

Author: By Edward B. Colby, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Three Authors Win Lukas Prize | 4/7/1999 | See Source »

...resolution recognized Jacobs' achievements. "Harriet A. Jacobs, African-American abolitionist, women's rights advocate, and author, deserves recognition as one of Cambridge's most remarkable women," the resolution reads...

Author: By Meredith B. Osborn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Heads to Capitol For Conference on Cities | 3/2/1999 | See Source »

...dreamed up, the landscape she'd devised. "Was this the house? Was this the yard? Is this the way the stairway looked?" Well, no: "The house I had in mind was much more elegant, more middle class, because it had belonged to an upper-middle-class white abolitionist family. Their version downscaled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bewitching Beloved | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

Blandford says Longfellow was a good friend of the abolitionist Charles Summer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Longfellow House Will Get $1.6 Million Grant | 7/10/1998 | See Source »

From Gettysburg, head south to Antietam National Battlefield at Sharpsburg, where soldiers fought on what was the bloodiest day of the Civil War. After a couple of hours' tour, continue to Harpers Ferry, site of abolitionist John Brown's notorious raid on the U.S. arsenal. Harpers Ferry, at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers, is a great place for family outdoor activities like canoeing, rafting and hiking. At the Historical Park, visit the restored, pre-Civil War Lower Town, with its many living-history demonstrations. Plan to stay at the historic Hilltop House, a century-old stone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On To Richmond | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

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