Garnet

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Garnet is the surname of Henry Highland Garnet, a prominent 19th-century African American abolitionist, minister, and orator.

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instanceOf abolitionist
human
minister
orator
activeYearsEnd 1882
activeYearsStart 1830s
appointedBy James A. Garfield NERFINISHED
burialPlace Liberia NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath malaria
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1815-12-23
dateOfDeath 1882-02-13
describedBySource 19th-century historical records
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Garnet NERFINISHED
givenName Henry NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
middleName Highland
movement abolitionism
notableAchievement first African American to deliver a sermon in the U.S. House of Representatives
notableEvent delivered a radical call for slave resistance at the 1843 National Negro Convention in Buffalo
notableFor African American abolitionism
anti-slavery speeches
notableWork Address to the Slaves of the United States of America NERFINISHED
occupation Presbyterian minister
abolitionist
orator
participantIn American Civil War era abolitionist activities
National Negro Convention movement NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Kent County, Maryland, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Monrovia, Liberia NERFINISHED
positionHeld U.S. Minister Resident to Liberia NERFINISHED
pastor of Shiloh Presbyterian Church, New York City
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
sexOrGender male
spouse Julia Ward Williams Garnet NERFINISHED
subjectOf biographical studies on African American abolitionists
yearOfNotableEvent 1865

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