Also in September 1892
Aug 06, 2020
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The American Quaker poet dies aged 84 in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. A leading advocate for the abolition of slavery in the mid-19th century, Whittier wrote two volumes of poetry, which depicts a family’s return to normality after the American Civil War.
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