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William Parker (abolitionist)

Index William Parker (abolitionist)

William Parker (1821 – April 14, 1891) was a former slave who escaped to Pennsylvania, where he became an abolitionist and anti-slavery activist in Christiana, where he was a farmer and led a black self-defense organization. [1]

25 relations: Abolitionism, Activism, American Civil War, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Christiana, Pennsylvania, Civil and political rights, Cliveden, Deep South, Frederick Douglass, Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, Gap, Pennsylvania, John K. Kane, Kent County, Ontario, Maryland, Multiracial, North Buxton, Philadelphia, Quakers, Rochester, New York, Slavery, Thaddeus Stevens, The North Star (anti-slavery newspaper), Underground Railroad, William Lloyd Garrison, Zooey Deschanel.

Abolitionism

Abolitionism is a general term which describes the movement to end slavery.

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Activism

Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, or direct social, political, economic, or environmental reform or stasis with the desire to make improvements in society.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Anne Arundel County is located in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Christiana, Pennsylvania

Christiana is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Civil and political rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.

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Cliveden

Cliveden (pronounced) is a National Trust-owned estate in Buckinghamshire, on the border with Berkshire.

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Deep South

The Deep South is a cultural and geographic subregion in the Southern United States.

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Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey; – February 20, 1895) was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.

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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers.

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Gap, Pennsylvania

Gap is a census-designated place and community in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with a ZIP code of 17527.

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John K. Kane

John Kintzing Kane (May 16, 1795 – February 21, 1858) was an American politician, attorney and jurist.

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Kent County, Ontario

Kent County, area 2,458 km2 (949 sq mi) is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.

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Multiracial

Multiracial is defined as made up of or relating to people of many races.

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North Buxton

North Buxton is a rural community located in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Quakers

Quakers (or Friends) are members of a historically Christian group of religious movements formally known as the Religious Society of Friends or Friends Church.

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Rochester, New York

Rochester is a city on the southern shore of Lake Ontario in western New York.

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Slavery

Slavery is any system in which principles of property law are applied to people, allowing individuals to own, buy and sell other individuals, as a de jure form of property.

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Thaddeus Stevens

Thaddeus Stevens (April 4, 1792 – August 11, 1868) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and one of the leaders of the Radical Republican faction of the Republican Party during the 1860s.

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The North Star (anti-slavery newspaper)

The North Star was a nineteenth-century anti-slavery newspaper published from the Talman Building in Rochester, New York by abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

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Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century, and used by African-American slaves to escape into free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause.

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William Lloyd Garrison

William Lloyd Garrison (December, 1805 – May 24, 1879) was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer.

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Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Claire Deschanel (born January 17, 1980) is an American actress, model and singer-songwriter.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parker_(abolitionist)

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