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Arthur Tappan (
May 22,
1786 –
July 23,
1865) was an
American abolitionist. He was the brother of
Senator Benjamin Tappan and abolitionist
Lewis Tappan.
Biography
Born in
Northampton, Massachusetts, he moved to
Boston at the age of 15. In 1807 he established a dry goods business in
Portland, Maine. Arthur and his brother, Lewis, established a
silk importing business in
New York in 1826. After The
Panic of 1837, which caused their silk business to go bankrupt, they started what became the first American commercial credit-rating service. In 1827, Arthur and Lewis founded the
New York Journal of Commerce.
In 1833, Arthur co-founded the
American Anti-Slavery Society with
William Lloyd Garrison, and served as its first president until 1840, when he resigned based on his opposition to the society's new founded support of
women's suffrage and
feminism. Continuing his support for abolition, Arthur and his brother founded the
American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society in 1840, and the
American Missionary Society in 1846. After the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 was passed, he refused comply with the new law, and financially supported the
Underground Railroad.
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