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TAPPAN BROTHERS
By Haley Copes and Megan Cavanaugh
Biography
Lewis and Arthur were born in Northampton, Mass
They were among 11 children Lewis and Arthur grew up as strict
Calvinists. Followed their father’s lead and rose
rapidly into wholesale and retail merchants
They were very influential in a number of different fields
Lewis Tappan
New York abolitionist Main focus was on captive Africans Ensured high quality lawyers for
them Organized the return trip home to
Africa for surviving members of the group
ARTHUR TAPPAN
Co-founded the American Anti-Slavery Society Resigned from being president because of the
society’s new interest in women’s rights and feminism
Arthur and Lewis founded the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
Financially supported the underground railroad Became so controversial that his furniture was
burned in the street and his home was destroyed
Active in founding the Lane Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio, as a religious outpost
Cause: Abolish Slavery
The brothers dreamed of “copper-skin” America where everyone was equal and race didn’t matter.
Impelled by evangelicism, they both embraced William Lloyd Garrison's radical doctrine of "immediate" abolition
Advocated for intermarriage of the races
Fought for lawyers and education for slaves
Modern Day Slavery: Human Trafficking There are more than 27 million people
worldwide who are victims of human trafficking.
People from all over the world are suffering, forcibly taken, sold as slaves or forced into prostitution.
More and more victims are taken by organized crimes; therefore increasing the number of victims each year.
Men, women and even children are forced to become slave-like either through force, threat or deception.
Thomas Nast “Runaway Slave”
This piece of art shows a black family escaping slavery in the South.
The slaves are portrayed as people rather than property.
The Tappan Brothers wanted the slaves to be viewed as equal, the way they are seen in this portrait.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam006.html
http://www.shmoop.com/abolition/arthur-tappan.html
http://gvnet.com/humantrafficking/ http://www.sonofthesouth.net/Runaw
ay_Slaves.htm