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Stewart, Alvan 1790-1849

Reformer; born in South Granville, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1790; educated in Burlington College, Vermont. In 1811 he became professor in the Royal School in the seigniory of St. Armand in Canada, where he was held a prisoner during a part of the War of 1812. He settled in Utica, N. Y., in 1832, and gave his time chiefly to the advocacy of slave freedom and temperance. He was the first to urge the organization of a political party having for its distinct object the abolition of slavery. His published speeches include Right of petition; Great issues between right and wrong, etc. He died in New York City, May 1, 1849.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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