Moses Austin Cartland

Moses Austin Cartland (1805-1863) was a Quaker abolitionist and editor.[1] He was a second cousin to and a confidant of the poet John Greenleaf Whittier.[2] Cartland was the founder of the Clinton Grove Academy, the first Quaker seminary in New Hampshire.[3] He also played an active role in the underground railroad, helping former slave Oliver Gilbert to escape to New York in 1852.[4] Whittier's poem, "A Memorial: M.A.C.," which appeared in The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier (1869), addressed Cartland's death. In the poem, Whittier writes: "In love surpassing that of brothers, | We walked, O friend, from childhood's day."[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Mary Upton Ferrin" http://muferrin.com/macartland/cartland.htm
  2. ↑ "Cartland Family Papers" http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hou00353
  3. ↑ "Weare, NH, Town History" http://www.weare.nh.gov/history.htm
  4. ↑ Lee, NH, Town Report http://www.leenh.org/Pages/LeeNH_Admin/reports/2009%20Town%20Report
  5. ↑ Whittier, John Greenleaf. The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier. Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1869. Print.
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