born Oct. 28, 1798, New Garden, N.C., U.S.
died Sept. 16, 1877, Cincinnati, Ohio
U.S. abolitionist.
Despite little formal education, he became a teacher. As a devout Quaker, he opposed slavery. In 1826 he moved to Newport, Ind., where he made his home into a depot of the Underground Railroad and used much of his wealth as a merchant to help the escaping slaves. In 1847 he moved to Cincinnati, where he opened a store selling goods made only by free labour. He continued his work with the Underground Railroad until the outbreak of the American Civil War ; he then worked to aid liberated slaves.