Samuel Joseph May

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Unitarian minister abolitionist human social reformer

Samuel Joseph May was a 19th-century American Unitarian minister and prominent social reformer known for his advocacy of abolition, women's rights, and educational reform.

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Samuel J. May 2
Samuel Joseph May canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Unitarian minister ⓘ
abolitionist ⓘ
human ⓘ
social reformer ⓘ
advocatedFor immediate abolition of slavery ⓘ
improved public education ⓘ
legal rights for women ⓘ
pacifism ⓘ
temperance ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 19th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
surface form: Harvard College

Harvard Divinity School ⓘ
ethnicGroup White American ⓘ
familyName May ⓘ
givenName Samuel ⓘ
hasPart Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection (named in his honor) ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of abolition of slavery ⓘ
support for educational reform ⓘ
support for peace and nonviolence ⓘ
support for women's rights ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
middleName Joseph ⓘ
movement abolitionism ⓘ
educational reform movement ⓘ
peace movement ⓘ
temperance movement ⓘ
women's rights movement ⓘ
notableWork A Discourse on Slavery in the United States ⓘ
Some Recollections of Our Antislavery Conflict ⓘ
The Rights and Condition of Women ⓘ
occupation abolitionist ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
educator ⓘ
minister ⓘ
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Syracuse ⓘ
surface form: Syracuse, New York, United States
positionHeld Unitarian minister in Brooklyn, Connecticut ⓘ
Unitarian minister in Syracuse, New York ⓘ
relative Louisa May Alcott ⓘ
religion Unitarianism ⓘ
residence Brooklyn, Connecticut ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn, Connecticut, United States

Syracuse ⓘ
surface form: Syracuse, New York, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Abigail May ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Woman Suffrage Association → foundedBy → Samuel Joseph May ⓘ
American Anti-Slavery Society → foundedBy → Samuel Joseph May ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samuel J. May
American Anti-Slavery Society → notableMember → Samuel Joseph May ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samuel J. May
Abigail May Alcott → sibling → Samuel Joseph May ⓘ