Daniel Read Anthony
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| Born | August 22, 1824 Adams, Massachusetts, USA |
| Died | November 12, 1904 (aged 80) |
| Occupation | publisher, abolitionist |
| Known for | Leavenworth Times |
| Spouse(s) | Annie E. Osborn |
| Children | Daniel Read Anthony, Jr. |
| Relatives | Susan B. Anthony |
Daniel Read Anthony (August 22, 1824 – November 12, 1904) was an American publisher and abolitionist. He moved to Kansas, where he published the Leavenworth Times in Leavenworth, Kansas, as well as other newspapers in the area. He killed a man in one duel, and was shot by another in public in the heated politics of the era. He was considered colorful and controversial, provoking strong emotions. He was a younger brother of activist Susan B. Anthony.
Anthony was born in South Adams, Massachusetts, one of eight children of Daniel Anthony and Lucy Read. His older sister was Susan B. Anthony. He attended school in Battenville, New York. He later worked in his father's cotton and flour mill until age 23.
Anthony first moved to Kansas in 1854 with others sponsored by the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company, in order to fight against the extension of slavery to the Kansas Territory. Congress was going to allow residents to determine if they wanted the territory to allow slavery. He settled in Leavenworth in 1857, residing in a house at 515 North Esplanade Street. Around this same time Anthony was involved with the Underground Railroad in Leavenworth, helping William Dominick Matthews, a freedman, provide refuge to escaped slaves.
On January 26, 1861, Anthony founded the Leavenworth Daily Conservative paper, later selling it in order to purchase the Leavenworth Times. He was also appointed as the town postmaster.
At the time, Leavenworth was the end of the telegraph line. In January 1861 Anthony printed a special edition of his newspaper and rode by horseback to Lawrence, Kansas to inform the territorial legislature that Congress had approved statehood for Kansas.
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