abolitionists
This is the grave of Angelina Grimké. Born in 1805 in Charleston, South Carolina, Grimké grew up in the planter elite of that state. Her parents were super big time.
This is the grave of George Luther Stearns. Born in 1809 in Medford, Massachusetts, Stearns came from old (or olde) Puritan stock that went back to the early days of.
This is the grave of Amos Phelps. Born in Farmington, Connecticut in 1805, Phelps went to Yale, graduating in 1826. He then took a degree from Yale Divinity in 1830..
This is the grave of Theodore Parker. Born in 1810 in Lexington, Massachusetts, Parker grew up in an old, old Massachusetts family, going all the way back to the beginning.
This is the grave of James Freeman Clarke. Born in 1810 in Hanover, New Hampshire, Clarke came out of the elite religious families of Puritan New England, with ancestors that.
This is the grave of Moses Brown. Born in 1738 in Providence, Rhode Island, Brown grew up in the Rhode Island merchant elite. That meant the slave trade. It also.
This is the grave of Levi Coffin. Born in 1798 in Guilford County, North Carolina, Coffin grew up on the farms of that area. His family was Quaker and that.
This is the grave of Charles Turner Torrey. Born in 1813 in Scituate, Massachusetts, Torrey was orphaned at age 4 when both his parents and his sister died of tuberculosis..