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Samuel Joseph May (September 12, 1797 – July 1, 1871) was an American reformer during the nineteenth century who championed education, women's rights, and abolition of slavery. May argued on behalf of all working people that the rights of humanity were more important than the rights of property, and advocated for minimum wages and legal ...
Samuel Joseph May (brother), Eve LaPlante (great-niece) Abigail " Abba " Alcott (née May; October 8, 1800 – November 25, 1877) was an American activist for several causes and one of the first paid social workers in the state of Massachusetts. She was the wife of transcendentalist Amos Bronson Alcott and mother of four daughters, including ...
The Fugitive Slave Convention was held in Cazenovia, New York, on August 21 and 22, 1850. [1] [2] It was a fugitive slave meeting, the biggest ever held in the United States. Madison County, New York, was the abolition headquarters of the country, because of philanthropist and activist Gerrit Smith, who lived in neighboring Peterboro, New York ...
Eve LaPlante is an American writer of historical non-fiction. LaPlante has published non-fiction books and many articles and essays, primarily about New England historical subjects, including some of her early American ancestors such as Anne Hutchinson in American Jezebel. Her nonfiction book Salem Witch Judge, won the 2008 Massachusetts Book ...
Samuel Samuel (1855–1934), British businessman and politician Sandra Samuel (born c. 1964), Indian nanny who saved the life of a two-year-old child during Mumbai terrorist attacks in 2008 Sir Saul Samuel (1820–1900), Australian colonial merchant, politician and pastoralist
George, 7, and Joseph, 5, were the sons of Samuel and Susannah Cox. The Cox family lived in a cabin built by Samuel for his wife and children. At this time old-growth logging had not yet begun in this area of Pennsylvania and the area was still heavily forested. [2]
Samuel Joseph (sculptor) William Trotter of Ballandean by Samuel Joseph. Statue of William Wilberforce by Samuel Joseph, in Westminster Abbey. Sir David Wilkie by Samuel Joseph, 1842. Samuel Joseph RSA (1791 – 1 July 1850) was a British sculptor, working in the early 19th century.
Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, who became known as “Joe the Plumber” after pushing then-Sen. Barack Obama on his economic policies during the 2008 presidential campaign, has died, according to ...