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Henry Highland Garnet

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American clergyman and diplomat (1815-1882)

United StatesWritersLived 1815 to 1882 · aged 66
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Henry Highland Garnet was an American abolitionist, minister, educator, orator, and diplomat. Having escaped as a child from slavery in Maryland with his family, he grew up in New York City. He was educated at the African Free School, and later the Noyes Academy and the Oneida Institute.

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Lithograph of African Free School which Garnet attendedLithograph of African Free School which Garnet attendedOneida Institute, Whitesboro, New YorkOneida Institute, Whitesboro, New YorkGarnet served as pastor of the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., from 1864 to 1866. The church is shown here as it was in about 1899.Garnet served as pastor of the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., from 1864 to 1866. The church is shown here as it was in about 1899.The Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church today.The Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church today.

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Henry Highland Garnet was an American abolitionist, minister, educator, orator, and diplomat. Having escaped as a child from slavery in Maryland with his family, he grew up in New York City. He was educated at the African Free School, and later the Noyes Academy and the Oneida Institute. As a Presbyterian minister, his drive for abolitionism was based in religion.

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Lived 1815 to 1882 · aged 66
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