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The Tappan Brothers: New York’s Purveyors of Silk and Abolitionism

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The Tappan brothers, Arthur and Lewis, were wealthy New York merchants who used their fortune to finance abolitionist activities in the 1830s and 1940s,

William Henry Seward: New York’s #1 Antislavery Politician

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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.

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