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Photographer: Joel Seewald
Taken: April 8, 2017
Caption: Upper Right Image
Additional Description: Joel Carpenter 1818-1891 Joel Carpenter of Blissfield held vigorous antislavery convictions. He believed that politics played an important role in the abolition of slavery. During his lifetime Carpenter helped to organize three antislavery parties. The Liberty Party, then the Free Soil Party, and eventually he contributed to the development of the Republican Party. In 1858 Carpenter was elected State Senator while representing the Republican Party.
Submitted: May 4, 2017, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.
Database Locator Identification Number: p381679
File Size: 3.295 Megabytes

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