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About Benjamin Swaim
SWAIM, BENJAMIN (13 May 1798 – 23 Dec. 1844), lawyer, printer, author and newspaperman, was almost certainly the son of William (10 March 1770 — 1 June 1850), and Elizabeth Sherwood Swaim (8 Nov. 1773 — 14 Aug. 1835). They and several other branches of the numerous Swaim clan were residents of the Timber Ridge Community, east of Level Cross in Randolph County. [i]
Moses Swaim, a brother of Benjamin’s father William and the only non-Quaker on the board, was the first president of the North Carolina Manumission and Colonization Society.[iv] Benjamin, also a charter member of the organization, was in 1827 elected its President as well as delegated to attend the National Convention of the Abolition Society. His opinions on the subject of slavery are revealed in his 1829 “Report of the President”, as printed in the Greensborough Patriot. In it, he declares that “…the hour of Negro Emancipation is fast approaching. It must and will assuredly come. And all that we can do is prepare for its approach by a timely and gradual improvement of their debased condition…. Aided by Divine assistance, we may fearlessly encounter all the opposition of our enemies and confidently stand forth, the advocates of truth and justice, with such unyielding firmness and determined purpose as no earthly Interest, power or prejudice can successfully resist.” Swaim was reelected President of the Manumission Society until its discontinuance in 1835.
Sources
- Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 5, P-S. edited by William S. Powell. Page 481
- William Swaim, fighting editor: the story of O. Henry's grandfather. Ethel Stephens Arnett. Piedmont Press, Jan 1, 1963 - Biography & Autobiography - 401 pages
- Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 10 2020, 17:59:53 UTC
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Benjamin Swaim's Timeline
| 1798 |
May 13, 1798
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Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
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| 1837 |
December 9, 1837
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Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
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1838
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| 1844 |
December 23, 1844
Age 46
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Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
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December 1844
Age 46
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