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Robert Purvis

civil rights advocate

Robert Purvis

abolitionist (1810–1898)

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Robert Purvis was an American abolitionist in the United States. He was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and was likely educated at Amherst Academy, a secondary school in Amherst, Massachusetts. He spent most of his life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1833, he helped found the American Anti-Slavery Society and the Library Company of Colored People. From 1845 to 1850, he served as president of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society and also traveled to Britain to gain support for the movement.

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Occupation: civil rights advocate, abolitionist
Citizenship: United States
Born: August 4, 1810
Died: April 15, 1898

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