Garnet

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Garnet is the surname of Henry Highland Garnet, a prominent 19th-century African American abolitionist, minister, and orator.

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Garnet canonical 5

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instanceOf abolitionist
human
minister
orator
activeYearsEnd 1882
activeYearsStart 1830s
appointedBy James A. Garfield
burialPlace Liberia
causeOfDeath malaria
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1815-12-23
dateOfDeath 1882-02-13
describedBySource 19th-century historical records
ethnicGroup African American
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Garnet
givenName Henry
languageOfWorkOrName English
middleName Highland
movement abolitionism
notableAchievement first African American to deliver a sermon in the U.S. House of Representatives
notableEvent delivered a radical call for slave resistance at the 1843 National Negro Convention in Buffalo
notableFor African American abolitionism
anti-slavery speeches
notableWork Address to the Slaves of the United States of America
occupation Presbyterian minister
abolitionist
orator
participantIn American Civil War era abolitionist activities
National Negro Convention movement
placeOfBirth Kent County, Maryland, United States
placeOfDeath Monrovia, Liberia
linked to: Monrovia
positionHeld U.S. Minister Resident to Liberia
pastor of Shiloh Presbyterian Church, New York City
religion Presbyterianism
linked to: Presbyterian
sexOrGender male
spouse Julia Ward Williams Garnet
linked to: Julia Ward
subjectOf biographical studies on African American abolitionists
yearOfNotableEvent 1865

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Henry Garnet familyName Garnet
Henry Highland Garnet familyName Garnet
subject linked to: Henry
Henry Highland Garnet familyName Garnet
subject linked to: Garnet
Sarah Garnet familyName Garnet