George Shepard Burleigh
- First Name
- George
- Additional Names
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Shepard
- Last Name
- Burleigh
- Born
- 26 March 1821
- Died
- 21 July 1903
- Spouse
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Ruth Burgess Burleigh
- Date Married
- March 17, 1849
- Profession
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Poet
Writer
Editor - Note
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Namesake was a former teacher at Plainfield Academy who went on to fame in theological circles
I cannot remember the provenance of this picture, but it looks like it came from a book that is almost certainly in Public Domain. There are more photos in material from John Hay Collection
An editorial of his on Black Suffrage is in Free Black Civil Rights
The small notice of his 1847 relocation to Rhode Island is from The Charter Oak New Series 2 22 2 June 3 1847 - George Shepard
- Associated Causes
- Republican Party
- Opposition to Annexation of Texas and Mexican War
- Labor, Rights of
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Suffrage, Woman
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Phonography
- Mental Illness, Humane Treatment of
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Temperance
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Peace
- Transcendentalism
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Women's Rights
- Animals, Humane Treatment of
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Free Black Civil Rights
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Abolition
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The Charter Oak
- Liberty Party
- alternateName
- S. C. Merrigate (pseudonym)
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