Nathaniel W. Depee (1812 – June 19, 1868) was an American activist, abolitionist, and merchant tailor. He was active in the Underground Railroad, and in Black politics in Philadelphia in the 1830s through 1860s.

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Nathaniel W. Depee was born in 1812 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. In 1845, Depee helped to form the Colored American National Society, an organization that helped connect the Colored Conventions Movement and

William Whipper William Whipper (February 22, 1804 – March 9, 1876) was a businessman and Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist in the United States. Whipper, an African American, advocated nonviolence and co-founded the American Moral Reform Socie ...

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. In 1855, Depee served as a delegate at the

1855 National Colored Convention The Colored National Convention of 1855 was a colored convention event held on October 16, 17, and 18 at Franklin Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It consisted of delegates from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, N ...

in Philadelphia. Depee was one of five members of the acting committee for the Vigilant Association of Philadelphia, others included William Still, Jacob C. White,

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, and Charles Wise. His home at 334 South Street was listed as one of the Underground Railroad stops. He died on June 19, 1868, in Philadelphia, and was buried initially at

Lebanon Cemetery Lebanon Cemetery was an African-American cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania established in 1849. It was one of only two private African-American cemeteries in Philadelphia at the time. Lebanon Cemetery was condemned in 1899. The bodies were r ...

, and later re-interred to Eden Cemetery.

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1812 births 1868 deaths Underground Railroad people African-American businesspeople African-American abolitionists Burials at Eden Cemetery (Collingdale, Pennsylvania) Burials at Lebanon Cemetery Colored Conventions people People from Philadelphia African-American upper class 19th-century American businesspeople 19th-century African-American businesspeople {{Philadelphia-stub

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