Henry Brewster Stanton
| Henry Brewster Stanton | |
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| Born |
June 27, 1805 Preston, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | January 14, 1887 (aged 81) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Lawyer, reformer, journalist |
| Known for | Abolitionist |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
| Children | Daniel Cady Stanton Henry Brewster Stanton, Jr. Gerrit Smith Stanton Theodore Weld Stanton Margaret Livingston Stanton Lawrence Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch Robert Livingston Stanton |
| Parent(s) | Joseph Stanton Susan M. Brewster |
| Relatives |
Nora Stanton Blatch Barney (granddaughter) Robert L. Stanton (brother) |
Henry Brewster Stanton (June 27, 1805 – January 14, 1887) was an American abolitionist, social reformer, attorney, journalist and politician. His writing was published in the New York Tribune, the New York Sun, and William Lloyd Garrison's Anti-Slavery Standard and The Liberator. He was elected to the New York State Senate in 1850 and 1851.
Stanton was born in 1805 in Preston, Connecticut, the son of Joseph Stanton and Susan M. Brewster. His father manufactured woolen goods and traded with the West Indies. He remembered his first desires for racial justice dated from his childhood, as he listened to a slave sing:
In my childhood we had a Negro slave whose voice was attuned to the sweetest cadence. Many a time did she lull me to slumber by singing this touching lament [the song of Miantonomi]. It sank deep into my breast, and moulded my advancing years. Before I reached manhood I resolved that I would become the champion of the oppressed colored races of my country.
Stanton became well known as an orator and writer, and used these skills as a journalist, attorney, and politician. In 1826, Stanton began writing for the Monroe Telegraph in Rochester, New York. It was owned by Thurlow Weed and was then promoting the presidential candidacy of Henry Clay. He began to make political speeches. Stanton also wrote for the New York Tribune, when Horace Greeley was editor, and then for the New York Sun until his death. He contributed to William Lloyd Garrison's Anti-Slavery Standard and The Liberator.
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