Amos Dresser

Amos Dresser
Name
Amos Dresser
VIAF file
First Name
Amos
Last Name
Dresser
Born
17 December 1812
Died
4 February 1904
Parents
Minerva Cushman Dresser Pierce
Profession
Minister
Abolitionist agent
Temperance agent
College president and founder
Note
Whipped in Tennessee in the summer of 1835, for carrying abolition papers and pamphlets
Engraving of Amos Dresser - Public Domain
Engraving of Amos Dresser in, A History of Oberlin College
Wiki Commons copy of Engraving of Amos Dresser
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Jamaica map, 1755Jamaica
Kansas map stylizedKansas
Associated Causes
Liberty BellAbolition
George S. Burleigh 1847 editorial in favor of Black suffrageFree Black Civil Rights
Harriet Tubman Black Heritage StampUnderground Railroad URR
Sign Against Drinking - Adobe Stock Educational LicenseTemperance
War vs. ChristianityPeace
The Seventy Famed Abolitionist AgentsThe Seventy Agents
Religious Affiliation
1891 Serpent Seal of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of AmericaPresbyterian
Related resource
Mentioned in a poem by William H. Burleigh from 1835
A Word to the SouthWord to the South, A
Daguerreotype of William BurleighWilliam Henry Burleigh
Item sets
Burleigh Project People
Burleigh Resources ALL
Media
Amos DresserAmos Dresser

Linked resources

A Word to the SouthWord to the South, A