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    John Greenleaf Whittier

    Birth: 12-17-1807

    Death: 9-7-1892

Biography

Mentioned in 18620126FMS_LMW1.

His life can be divided into 4 periods: "poet/journalist, abolitionist, writer/humanitarian and Quaker poet. At age 19, he submitted his poem to William Lloyd Garrison. The two banned together in the abolitionist cause. By 1843 Whittier decided that to utilize the political arena towards abolition. He became an advocate of justice, tolerance and liberal humanitarianism."

He became a household name in the 1840s/1850s due to his poems and involvement in the abolitionist movement.

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Mentioned in 18620126FMS_LMW1. His life can be divided into 4 periods: "poet/journalist, abolitionist, writer/humanitarian and Quaker poet. At age 19, he submitted his poem to William Lloyd Garrison. The two banned together in the abolitionist cause. By 1843 Whittier decided that to utilize the political arena towards abolition. He became an advocate of justice, tolerance and liberal humanitarianism." He became a household name in the 1840s/1850s due to his poems and involvement in the abolitionist movement.
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