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About Edward Atkinson
Atkinson, Edward, 1827-1905, industrial entrepreneur, economist, abolitionist, activist. Opposed slavery as a supporter of the Free Soil Party. He was a member of the Boston Vigilance Committee, which aided fugitive slaves. Atkinson also supported John Brown’s efforts by supplying him rifles and ammunition for his raid on the US arsenal at Harpers Ferry in 1859. Opposed Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt’s imperialist ambitions in the Philippines and in Cuba. After 1898, became a full-time supporter of the American Anti-imperialist League. (Pease & Pease, 1972; Appletons’ Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1900, Vol. I, p. 114; Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1936, Vol. 1, Pt. 1, p. 407)
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Edward Atkinson's Timeline
| 1827 |
February 10, 1827
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Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1858 |
February 25, 1858
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Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
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| 1859 |
October 13, 1859
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Brighton St., Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1868 |
December 14, 1868
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| 1905 |
December 11, 1905
Age 78
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Massachusetts, USA
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