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James Mott

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in Philadelphia. Judge Robert C. Grier stated, "The guilt of this foul murder rests not alone on the deluded individuals who were its immediate perpetrators, but the blood taints with even deeper dye the skirts of those who promulgated doctrines subversive of all morality and all government," which
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Mott married Lucretia on April 10, 1811, at Pine Street Meeting in Philadelphia. They had six children, five of whom made it to adulthood. He was a member of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Mott and his wife shared anti-slavery interests, supported women's rights, and helped found
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at the First Baptist Church in 1842. People in the sanctuary were hit by stones thrown by pro-slavery rioters. Mott was threatened by the mob until freedmen and abolitionists got the better of the situation.
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Like his paternal grandparents Mary Underhill and James Mott, and his Underhill great-grandparents, Mott helped Black people escape slavery. His grandparents helped people who arrived at
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erupted on September 11, 1851, which resulted in the death of Edward Gorsuch, a slaveholder from Maryland. A trial was held in November of that year at
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in London, which decided they would not admit women to the proceedings. He was part of the "agitation" to admit women delegates. In 1841, he published
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society that banned the purchase of cotton, molasses, rice, tobacco, and other relevant products. Mott weathered the difficult years of the
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in 1848 on July 19 and 20 at which his wife was the main speaker. He was the only male to have chaired a women's rights convention.
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with Lucretia and he was the president of the organization for several years. In 1840, Mott and his wife were delegates of the
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Mott died of pneumonia on January 26, 1868, while he and Lucretia visited their daughter and son-in-law George W. Lord in
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with the help of his family members. People that came through the Mott house were also aided on their journey by
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The Motts, seeking to make slavery unprofitable, boycotted products made by enslaved people. They formed a
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of North Carolina. A trial was held in Philadelphia against Williamson on August 29, 1855. Mott, Reverend
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The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, Volume II: a House Dividing Against Itself: 1836-1840
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Mott) and Adam Mott, distant cousins, descended from English Quakers who immigrated to the
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leader, teacher, merchant, and anti-slavery activist. He was married to suffragist leader
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James Mott, operated an Underground Railroad depot at their house at 338 Arch Street in
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were instrumental in founding the Rochester Anti-Slavery Society in 1838. His brother,
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in Pennsylvania. It was one of the first coeducational colleges in the United States.
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Another "Resurrection of Henry Box Brown" published with an account of the story in
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Lucretia Mott's Heresy: Abolition and Women's Rights in Nineteenth-Century America
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The Underground Railroad : an encyclopedia of people, places, and operations
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in the 17th century. Adam was a miller, farmer, and superintendent of the Quaker
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said Mott was an "inveterate enemy of American slavery" in his obituary.
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to Philadelphia, after which the Motts concealed Brown for his safety.
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Glass sugar bowl with the message "East India Sugar not made by slaves"
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The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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The New International Encyclopædia: James Mott and Lucretia Mott
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in 1849. Brown was packed in a wooden crate and was sent from
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in 1848. He spent four years supporting the establishment of
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in a crate. Mott also supported women's rights, chairing the
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https://doi.org/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1500493
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Stanton, Elizabeth Cady; Anthony, Susan Brownell (1997).
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Mott was a teacher at Nine Partners School, where he met
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Willard, Frances E.; Livermore, Mary A., eds. (1893).
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The Slavery of Sex: Feminist Abolitionists in America
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Mott, Lucretia (1884). Hallowell, Anna Davis (ed.).
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Index

James W. Mott
James Mott (New Jersey politician)

North Hempstead
Lucretia Mott
Richard Mott
Abigail Lydia Mott
Lindley Murray Moore
Quaker
Lucretia Mott
free-produce movement
Underground Railroad
Henry "Box" Brown
Richmond, Virginia
Seneca Falls Convention
Swarthmore College
North Hempstead
Long Island
New York
née
Thirteen Colonies
Nine Partners School
Poughkeepsie
Dutchess County, New York
Abigail Lydia Mott
Lindley Murray Moore
Richard Mott
Opposition Party
Thirty-fourth
Republican

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