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Elizabeth Chandler Abolitionist 
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In 1832, Laura Smith Haviland and Elizabeth Chandler founded the Logan Female Anti-Slavery Society in Lenawee County. It was the first women's anti-slavery society in the Michigan territory, leading to one of the early Michigan stations of the Underground Railroad to Canada. |
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Sarah Emma Edmonds 1841-1898 Civil War "Spy"
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Sarah Emma Edmonds of Flint, was the first
Michigan woman to be a Civil War soldier. She served with the Second
Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment and was known as "Pvt. Franklin
Thompson".
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Laura Smith Haviland 1808-1898 Abolitionist
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Laura Smith Haviland was a pioneer social activist who devoted her life to others. In 1837 she cofounded the Raisin Institute with her husband, Charles. It was one of the first schools in the country to admit black students She also organized one of the first stations on the underground railroad in Michigan. |
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Mayor of Detroit
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Mayor of Detroit: 1890- 1897
and Governor of Michigan: January 1, 1897-1901,
Hazen Pingree
was born in Denmark, Maine, in 1840. He moved to
Detroit where he became a successful shoe manufacturer. |
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Abolitionist
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Sojourner Truth was the name used by Isabella Baumfree, one of the best-known American abolitionists. |
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