Arthur Tappan

Arthur Tappan

Personal Background Information:
 I was born on May 22, 1786 in Northampton, Massachusetts.
 I attended a town school until I was 15 years old. I was given a clerkship with Sewall & Salisbury, hardware and dry-goods in Boston.
 For a time I sat under the preaching of William Ellery Channing.
 I was an abolitionist.
Issues:

• American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
• Supports feminism
• Supports Women’s Suffrage
• After the Fugitive Slave Law was passed in 1840, I refused to comply with the law, and financially supported the Underground Railroad.
Solutions:

o I helped form the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society.



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