Richard Henry Dana

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American author and lawyer (1815-1882)

United States WritersLived 1815 to 1882 · aged 66

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Richard Henry Dana Jr. S. S. Supreme Court during the Civil War in the Prize Cases. Both as a writer and as a lawyer, he was a champion of the downtrodden, from seamen to fugitive slaves and freedmen.

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Richard Henry Dana Branch, closed and vacant, May 2008

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FatherRichard Henry Dana, Sr.

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About this person

Richard Henry Dana Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, a descendant of a colonial family, who gained renown as the author of the classic American memoir Two Years Before the Mast and as an attorney who successfully represented the U.S. government before the U.S. Supreme Court during the Civil War in the Prize Cases. Both as a writer and as a lawyer, he was a champion of the downtrodden, from seamen to fugitive slaves and freedmen.

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