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Cyrus M. Burleigh
1820-1855
Cyrus M. Burleigh was part of the executive committee that edited the Pennsylvania Freeman (1845-1855). Here he worked with his brother Charles, but also with many of the leading white women Abolitionists in Philadelphia.
Publications
& Resumé of
Activities
1845-1854
Pennsylvania Freeman
Major Abolitionist newspaper based in Philadelphia; Cyrus M. Burleigh was part of an Executive Committee that did the editing as a team. The Pennsylvania Freeman is available online, downloadable by volume, courtesy of the Center for Research Libraries
1844
Active in Providence
Solicited by Wendell Phillips to join the Massachusetts State Anti-Slavery Agents in February 1844; he turns this offer down to stay active in Providence, Rhode Island.
Letter to Wendell Phillips, in Wendell Phillips papers, bMS Am 1953, Box 10, folder 345; Houghton Library, Harvard University.
1845
Active in Massachusetts & (maybe) New Hampshire
Letter to Wendell Phillips concerning Cyrus being assigned to New Hampshire for anti-slavery activity. Cyrus was writing from Worcester County, specifically the town of Hubbardston. February 1845. Letter to Wendell Phillips, in Wendell Phillips papers, bMS Am 1953, Box 10, folder 345; Houghton Library, Harvard University.