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Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights

Maria Weston Chapman

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Maria Weston Chapman
Age: 78 †
Born: 1806
Born: July 25
Died: 1885
Died: July 12
Abolitionist
Weymouth
Massachusetts
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