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Elihu Burritt

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Elihu Burritt (December 8, 1810 – March 6, 1879) was an American diplomat, philanthropist and social activist. [1]

47 relations: Abolitionism, Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, American Peace Society, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Birmingham, Black Country, Blacksmith, Brussels, Burritt College, Charles Gilpin (politician), Chartism, Crimean War, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Great Famine (Ireland), Harborne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, International Peace Congress, James Silk Buckingham, Joseph Sturge, List of diplomatic missions of the United States, List of peace activists, London, Manchester, New Britain, Connecticut, New England, Pacifism, Paris, Peace movement, Peace Society, Pershore, Priscilla Hannah Peckover, Shilling, Slavery, Spencer, Tennessee, St Peter's Church, Harborne, Temperance movement, The Village Blacksmith, Threepence (British coin), Ulysses S. Grant, Umbrella term, Uniform Penny Post, Victor Hugo, William Lloyd Garrison, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Abolitionism

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

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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.

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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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American Peace Society

The American Peace Society is a pacifist group founded upon the initiative of William Ladd, in New York City, May 8, 1828.

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Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Berkshire County, pronounced, is a county located on the western edge of the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360, making it the second most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Black Country

The Black Country is a region of the West Midlands in England, west of Birmingham, and commonly refers to all or part of the four Metropolitan Boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

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Blacksmith

A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects from wrought iron or steel by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. whitesmith).

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium.

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Burritt College

Burritt College was a college located in Spencer, Tennessee, United States.

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Charles Gilpin (politician)

Charles Gilpin (31 March 1815 – 8 September 1874) was a Quaker, orator, politician, publisher and railway director.

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Chartism

Chartism was a working-class movement for political reform in Britain that existed from 1838 to 1857.

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Crimean War

The Crimean War (or translation) was a military conflict fought from October 1853 to February 1856 in which the Russian Empire lost to an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, Britain and Sardinia.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Frankfurt

Frankfurt, officially the City of Frankfurt am Main ("Frankfurt on the Main"), is a metropolis and the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany.

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Great Famine (Ireland)

The Great Famine (an Gorta Mór) or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1849.

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Harborne

Harborne is an area of south-west Birmingham, England three miles (5 km) southwest from Birmingham city centre.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline.

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International Peace Congress

International Peace Congress, or International Congress of the Friends of Peace, was the name of a series of international meetings of representatives from peace societies from throughout the world held in various places in Europe from 1843 to 1853.

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James Silk Buckingham

James Silk Buckingham (25 August 1786 – 30 June 1855) was a Cornish-born author, journalist and traveller, known for his contributions to Indian journalism.

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Joseph Sturge

Joseph Sturge (1793 – 14 May 1859) was an English Quaker, abolitionist and activist.

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List of diplomatic missions of the United States

This is a list of diplomatic missions of the United States of America.

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List of peace activists

This list of peace activists includes people who have proactively advocated diplomatic, philosophical, and non-military resolution of major territorial or ideological disputes through nonviolent means and methods.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 530,300.

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New Britain, Connecticut

New Britain is a city in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.

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New England

New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

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Pacifism

Pacifism is opposition to war, militarism, or violence.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Peace movement

A peace movement is a social movement that seeks to achieve ideals such as the ending of a particular war (or all wars), minimize inter-human violence in a particular place or type of situation, and is often linked to the goal of achieving world peace.

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Peace Society

The Peace Society, International Peace Society or London Peace Society originally known as the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace, was a British pacifist organization that was active from 1816 until the 1930s.

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Pershore

Pershore is a market town in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon.

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Priscilla Hannah Peckover

Priscilla Hannah Peckover (27 October 1833 – 8 September 1931) was an English Quaker, pacifist and linguist from a prosperous banking family.

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Shilling

The shilling is a unit of currency formerly used in Austria, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, United States, and other British Commonwealth countries.

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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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Spencer, Tennessee

Spencer is a town in Van Buren County, Tennessee, United States.

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St Peter's Church, Harborne

Saint Peter's is the ancient parish church of Harborne, Birmingham, England.

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Temperance movement

The temperance movement is a social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages.

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The Village Blacksmith

"The Village Blacksmith" is a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first published in 1840.

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Threepence (British coin)

The British threepence (3d) coin, usually simply known as a threepence or threepenny bit, was a unit of currency equaling one eightieth of a pound sterling, or three old pence sterling.

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Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses Simpson Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American soldier and statesman who served as Commanding General of the Army and the 18th President of the United States, the highest positions in the military and the government of the United States.

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Umbrella term

An umbrella term is a word or phrase that covers a wide range of concepts belonging to a common category.

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Uniform Penny Post

The Uniform Penny Post was a component of the comprehensive reform of the Royal Mail, the UK's official postal service, that took place in the 19th century.

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Victor Hugo

Victor Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement.

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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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Worcester

Worcester is a city in Worcestershire, England, southwest of Birmingham, west-northwest of London, north of Gloucester and northeast of Hereford.

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Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elihu_Burritt

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