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Elizabeth Riley.
African-American Bostonian abolitionist who aided in the escape of fugitive slave Shadrach Minkins
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About Elizabeth Riley
Elizabeth Cook Riley was an African-American Bostonian abolitionist who aided in the escape of fugitive slave Shadrach Minkins. She was a member of the committee which raised the first funds towards William Lloyd Garrison's The Liberator, a prominent antislavery newspaper. Afterwards, she was active in the Boston abolitionist community, helping to organize meetings and events.
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- activist, abolitionist
- Born
- 1792