Sydney Howard Gay

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abolitionist human journalist newspaper editor

Sydney Howard Gay was a 19th-century American abolitionist, journalist, and editor known for his work on the Underground Railroad and his leadership at the National Anti-Slavery Standard.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Sydney Howard Gay Underground Railroad records	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abolitionist ⓘ human ⓘ journalist ⓘ newspaper editor ⓘ
archivesAt	Columbia University ⓘ New-York Historical Society ⓘ
burialPlace	Hingham, Massachusetts ⓘ
causeOfDeath	illness ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Frederick Douglass ⓘ Louis Napoleon ⓘ Theodore Tilton ⓘ William Lloyd Garrison ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1814-05-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1888-06-25 ⓘ
educatedAt	Harvard Law School ⓘ Harvard University ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	White American ⓘ
father	Ebenezer Gay ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	anti-slavery journalism ⓘ political commentary ⓘ
hasPartInCollection	Sydney Howard Gay self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sydney Howard Gay Underground Railroad records
knownFor	detailed documentation of fugitive slaves in New York City ⓘ leadership at the National Anti-Slavery Standard ⓘ work on the Underground Railroad ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ
mother	Lydia Phillips Gay ⓘ
movement	abolitionism ⓘ
name	Sydney Howard Gay self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Records of Fugitives ⓘ The National Anti-Slavery Standard ⓘ
occupation	abolitionist ⓘ journalist ⓘ newspaper editor ⓘ
partOf	American abolitionist movement ⓘ surface form: Underground Railroad network
placeOfBirth	Hingham, Massachusetts ⓘ
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ
politicalAlignment	anti-slavery ⓘ
positionHeld	editor of the National Anti-Slavery Standard ⓘ managing editor of the New-York Tribune ⓘ
religion	Unitarianism ⓘ
residence	New York City ⓘ
spouse	Elizabeth Johns Neall ⓘ
workedOn	Underground Railroad operations in New York City ⓘ

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