Benjamin Lundy Home : Free Labor Store Marker #5-41
N 40° 10.481 W 080° 48.203
17T E 516740 N 4447164
506 Union Street
Mount Pleasant, OH 43939
Waymark Code: WM7K4
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 02/13/2006
Views: 32
Text : Side A
After witnessing the slave trade in Wheeling, Virginia, Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Lundy (1789-1839) resolved to battle the institution, first organizing the Union Humane Society in St. Clairsville in 1815. In 1821, Lundy moved to Mount Pleasant and began publishing the Genius of Universal Emancipation, a newspaper devoted wholly to anti-slavery issues. The newspaper would later be published in Tennessee, Baltimore, Washington D.C., and Philadelphia. Lundy traveled widely to promote circulation, lecturing on the moral evils of slavery and its associated negative economic and social effects. The Lundy home served as an Underground Railroad stop.
Marker Number: #5-41
County: Jefferson
Significance of Location: Building or House
Bicentenial Mark: yes
Website address: [Web Link]
Additional Coordinate: Not Listed
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