The Tappan Brothers: New York’s Purveyors of Silk and Abolitionism
The Tappan brothers, Arthur and Lewis, were wealthy New York merchants who used their fortune to finance abolitionist activities in the 1830s and 1940s,
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William Henry Seward: New York’s #1 Antislavery Politician
William Henry Seward maximized legal protection for fugitive slaves as Governor, hid them in his basement as Senator, and was too radical to be President.