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Lucy N. Colman

1817–1907

United States

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Lucy Newhall Colman (July 26, 1817 – January 18, 1906) was an American freethinker, abolitionist and feminist campaigner. She campaigned for racial justice and for the education of African Americans. Colman wrote an autobiography, called Reminiscences in 1891, covering her memories of the abolitionist movement.

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