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Gerrit Smith (1797-1874)
Photograph by William Kurtz1874
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, National Park Service
Washington, DC, United States
Gerrit Smith was a wealthy New York abolition financier, politician, and humanitarian. He was an advocate for African Americans and offered over a 1000 acres of land in the Adirondack region of New York to free blacks and fugitive slaves of good character. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was his first cousin.
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- Title: Gerrit Smith (1797-1874)
- Creator: Photograph by William Kurtz
- Date Created: 1874
- Contributor: Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, National Park Service
- Original Source: http://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/frdo/exb/powerIdea/FRDO1986_garretSmith.html
- Source: Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
- National Park Service Catalog Number: FRDO 1986
- Measurements: L 22.1, W 17.5 cm
- Materials: Paper
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