“I would have this a free State, if I have to give all my property and my life to make it so.”

— Amos Adams Lawrence

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About Amos Adams Lawrence

Philanthropist • American

Amos Adams Lawrence was a prominent 19th-century American philanthropist, businessman, and abolitionist from Massachusetts. He played a crucial role in the settlement of Kansas by anti-slavery emigrants during the...

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