Charles Calistus Burleigh

Charles Calistus Burleigh
Worcester West India Emancipation Day Broadside, August 1, 1851
Name
Charles Calistus Burleigh
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First Name
Charles
Additional Names
Calistus
Last Name
Burleigh
Born
3 November 1810
Died
13 June 1878
Parents
Rinaldo Burleigh with captionRinaldo Burleigh
Lydia Bradford BurleighLydia Bradford Burleigh
Spouse
Gertrude Kimber BurleighGertrude H. Kimber Burleigh
Date Married
October 24, 1842
Children
Theresa Burleigh, 1851-1944
Self-PortraitCharles Calistus Burleigh, Jr.
Signature of Edward Davis Burleigh in his father's copy of The History of Pennsylvania HallEdward Davis Burleigh
Profession
Editor
Activist
Author
Orator
Anti-Slavery Agent
Note
This portrait from Massachusetts Historical Society - permission needed
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Related Places
Plainfield in ContextPlainfield, Connecticut
Windham County Map 1856Connecticut - Eastern
Pennsylvania HallEastern Pennsylvania
Amherst College lithographMassachusetts - Northampton and western
Killdeer on an Illinois PrairieIllinois
Vermont Outline MapVermont
Fanueil Hall, BostonMassachusetts - Boston and eastern Massachusetts
Fleur-de-Lys Studio, Providence - Sydney BurleighRhode Island
Antislavery at Oberlin Historic MarkerOhio
Haiti and the Dominican Republic, 1860sHaiti
Map of Michigan and Wisconsin. 19th centuryMichigan
19th century map of Wisconsin and MichiganWisconsin
Indiana Mobbed MarkerIndiana
Associated Causes
Liberty BellAbolition
Mobbing of William Lloyd Garrison in Boston
Destruction of the Canterbury Female Academy
Pennsylvania Hall reflections in Pennsylvania FreemanPennsylvania Hall: Opening and Destruction
Sign Against Drinking - Adobe Stock Educational LicenseTemperance
Article from The Charter Oak about Property Rights of Married WomenWomen's Rights
War vs. ChristianityPeace
Masthead of The Non-Resistant NewspaperNon-Resistance
Suffrage, African-American
Banner of The RevolutionSuffrage, Woman
Labor, Rights of
Anti-TobaccoAnti-Tobacco
Symbol of Mapping The Freedmen's Bureau websiteFreedmen, Aid to
A "Poor Blind Candidate" receiving his obligationAnti-Mason
Vermont Anti-Slavery Society
The Seventy Famed Abolitionist AgentsThe Seventy Agents
Rhode Island Anti-Slavery Society
Executive Committee of the Eastern Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society for 1840Eastern Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society
New England Anti-Slavery Society
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
American Anti-Slavery Society 29th Anniversary ProgramAmerican Anti-Slavery Society
Religious Affiliation
Free Thought
Free Congregational Society of Florence, MA
Free Congregational Church of Bloomington, Illinois
Item sets
Burleigh Project People
Burleigh Core Siblings
Editors
Burleigh Resources ALL
Extended Burleigh Family
Site pages
Charles Calistus Burleigh: An Unkempt but Powerful Force for Abolition
Media
Charles Calistus BurleighCharles Calistus Burleigh
Worcester West India Emancipation Day Broadside, August 1, 1851Worcester West India Emancipation Day Broadside, August 1, 1851

Linked resources

Charles C. Burleigh without his beardCharles C. Burleigh portrait sans beard
Prohibition Meetings featuring Charles C. Burleigh, 1875Charles C. Burleigh's Temperance Talks Advertisement 1875
Charles C. Burleigh's Pocket Watch - detail of watch faceCharles Calistus Burleigh's Pocket Watch - detail of watch face
Article from Charter Oak issue August 1838, v. 1 no. 6 p. 1Charles Speaks, 1838
Collage of Core Siblings and ParentsCollage of Core Generation and Parents
Detail of Inscription to Charles C. Burleigh in The History of Pennsylvania HallDetail of Inscription to Charles C. Burleigh in The History of Pennsylvania Hall
Gravestone for Charles C. Burleigh, Gertrude Kimber Burleigh, and Teresa BurleighGravesite of Charles C. Burleigh, Gertrude K. Burleigh, and Teresa Burleigh
Inscription to Charles Calistus Burleigh in The History of Pennsylvania HallInscription to Charles Calistus Burleigh in the History of Pennsylvania Hall.
Invitation to Charles Calistus Burleigh to edit The Pennsylvania FreemanInvitation to Charles C. Burleigh to edit The Pennsylvania Freeman
Jennifer Rycenga at Charles and Gertrude Burleigh gravesite in Florence, Massachusetts 2015Jennifer Rycenga at Charles and Gertrude Burleigh Gravesite
Cover of the History of Pennsylvania HallPennsylvania Hall Memorial Book cover
Pocket Watch of Charles Calistus Burleigh, with chain and keyPocket Watch of Charles Calistus Burleigh
Ruth Wilbur, at gravesite of Charles and Gertrude BurleighRuth Wilbur at Gravesite of Charles and Gertrude Burleigh
Signature of Edward Davis BurleighSignature of Edward Davis Burleigh
Unionist internal masthead, with both Charles and William named as editorsThe Unionist Internal Masthead with both Charles and William Burleigh
Advertisement for Charles C. Burleigh's Thoughts on the Death PenaltyAdvertisement for Charles Calistus Burleigh's Thoughts on the Death Penalty, published in William Burleigh's Charter Oak
Anti-Slavery Society of Plainfield formedAnti-Slavery Society of Plainfield formed
Anti-TobaccoAnti-Tobacco
Charles C. Burleigh on Religion, 1852Charles Calistus Burleigh on religion, 1852
Cover of Thoughts on the Death PenaltyCover of "Thoughts on the Death Penalty" - copy of Lydia Bradford Burleigh
Decorated EnvelopeDecorated Envelope from Charles to Gertrude
Destruction of the Canterbury Female Academy
Charles Burleigh discusses the Life of an Anti-Slavery AgentDifficulties in the Life of an Agent
Essays
Free Congregational Society of Florence, MA

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