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Gerrit Smith (March 6, 1797 – December 28, 1874), also spelled Gerritt Smith, was an American social reformer, abolitionist, businessman, public intellectual, and philanthropist. Married to Ann Carroll Fitzhugh, Smith was a candidate for President of the United States in 1848, 1856, and 1860.
Gerrit Smith (Utica, Nueva York, 6 de marzo de 1797 - Nueva York, 28 de diciembre de 1874) fue un político abolicionista y filántropo estadounidense. Fue uno de los miembros del Comité Secreto de los Seis.
Gerrit Smith (born March 6, 1797, Utica, New York, U.S.—died December 28, 1874, New York, New York) was an American reformer and philanthropist who provided financial backing for the antislavery crusader John Brown.
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Gerrit Smith fue un político abolicionista y filántropo estadounidense. Fue uno de los miembros del Comité Secreto de los Seis.
Smith helped hundreds of African Americans by purchasing their freedom from slavery, arranging safe passage to Canada, helping families establish their lives locally, gifting land, providing educational opportunities, and working for human rights.
Gerrit Smith believed that the Union should be preserved and that the Constitution prohibited slavery. He helped to organize, and participated in, anti-slavery conventions in many New York communities.
When the Civil War ended in April of 1865, Gerrit Smith advocated leniency toward the defeated South. He forgave the outstanding debts of his southern clients, and traveled to Richmond, Virginia to sign the bail bond of former Confederate President Jefferson Davis and contribute $25,000 to securing his freedom.
