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Our newest exhibit, Abolitionist Lynn officially opens today! This exhibit explores the abolitionist activity in the city along with highlighting a few of the national and local leaders who actively participated in the abolitionist movement in Lynn. Lynn in the early 19th century was defined by a rapidly expanding shoe manufacturing economy and a zealous anti-slavery movement. From early in the 1830s, Lynn was one of the notorious hotbeds of reform and abolitionism stirred constant debate in the city. A number of leading American abolitionists including Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, the Hutchinson Family and Abby Kelley lived in Lynn, although not all at the same time, and they gave considerable support to the cause.
Posted on: Wed, 07 May 2014 14:15:16 +0000

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