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In those days, slavery was not looked upon, even in Quaker Philadelphia, with the shudder and abhorrence one feels towards it now.

John Sergeant Wise

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John Sergeant Wise
Age: 66 †
Born: 1846
Born: December 27
Died: 1913
Died: May 12
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