“I would that every one of my poor enslaved brethren and sisters were this day free.”

About Gerrit Smith

Social Reformer • American

Gerrit Smith was a leading American social reformer, abolitionist, politician, and philanthropist during the 19th century. Born into a wealthy landowning family in Utica, New York, he dedicated his vast fortune and...

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