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,
American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
Henry Highland Garnet: Liberty or Death!
Henry Highland Garnet was a radical New York abolitionist. 1843 he called for slaves to rise up. 1865 he spoke as first black man in the US Capitol.