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William Dawes was a 19th century abolitionist who worked at Oberlin College.
, 1840, Benjamin Robert Haydon, accessed April 2009 John Keep and William Dawes both undertook a fund raising mission in England in 1839 and 1840 to raise funds from sympathetic abolitionists. Oberlin College was one of the few mult-racial and co-educational colleges in America at that time. Both John Keep and Dawes are credited with helping to start the collection of African Americana at Oberlin College which inspired other writers. A house occupied by someone of the same name was in Hudson Historic pictures
accessed April 2009
William Dawes was a 19th century abolitionist who worked at Oberlin College.
Life
Dawes andJohn Keep
Rev. John Keep (April 20, 1781 – February 11, 1870) was a trustee of Oberlin College from 1834 to 1870. Keep and William Dawes toured England in 1839 and 1840 gathering funds for Oberlin College in Ohio. They both attended the 1840 anti-slave ...
toured England in 1839 and 1840 gathering funds for Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. It is the oldest Mixed-sex education, coeducational liberal arts college in the United S ...
in Ohio. They both attended the 1840 anti-slavery convention in London.The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840, Benjamin Robert Haydon, accessed April 2009 John Keep and William Dawes both undertook a fund raising mission in England in 1839 and 1840 to raise funds from sympathetic abolitionists. Oberlin College was one of the few mult-racial and co-educational colleges in America at that time. Both John Keep and Dawes are credited with helping to start the collection of African Americana at Oberlin College which inspired other writers. A house occupied by someone of the same name was in
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, Ohio in the 1830s supporting the route for escaping slaves.accessed April 2009
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