AGENCY TESTIMONY
Manhattan's pre-Civil War Abolitionist Movement sites
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There are very few surviving sites in Manhattan associated with the pre-Civil War Abolitionist Movement. The Jacob Day residence is one of the rare examples, along with other LPC designations related to this history.
- 2 White Street, home of abolitionist Theodore S. Wright
- Lamartine Place Historic District, associated with Abby Hopper Gibbons and James Sloan Gibbons
- The Jacob Day residence is significant for its association with pre-Civil War, Reconstruction, and post-Reconstruction eras
Margaret Herman
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There are very few surviving sites in Manhattan associated with the pre Civil War Abolitionist Movement.
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2 LPC designations with this history include 2 White Street, home of abolitionist Theodore S.
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Wright, a prominent black minister, and the Lamartine Place Historic District, known for its association with noted white abolitionists Abby Hopper Gibbons and James Sloan Gibbons.
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The Jacob Day residence is strongly associated with this history as well as with the Reconstruction and post Reconstruction eras after the Civil War.
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