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Henry Brewster Stanton (June 27, 1805 – January 14, 1887) was an American abolitionist, social reformer, attorney, journalist and politician. His writing was published in the New York Tribune, the New York Sun, and William Lloyd Garrison's Anti-Slavery Standard and The Liberator. [1]
The Stanton brothers traced their ancestry to two prominent early New England colonists: William Brewster, religious leader of the Mayflower pilgrims of 1620; and Thomas Stanton, founder of Stonington, Connecticut, in 1666.
Learn about Henry Brewster Stanton, a courageous and influential leader in the anti-slavery and women's rights movements. He married Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a pioneer of the woman suffrage movement, and worked with her and other allies to advance social justice.
Henry Stanton. Henry Brewster Stanton and Elizabeth Cady were married on May 1, 1840 in Johnstown, New York. As a student at the Lane Seminary, Stanton became an accomplished abolionist lecturer and organizer of the Liberty Party.
Henry Brewster Stanton (June 27, 1805 – January 14, 1887) was an American abolitionist, social reformer, attorney, journalist and politician. His writing was published in the New York Tribune, the New York Sun, and William Lloyd Garrison 's Anti-Slavery Standard and The Liberator.
Henry Brewster Stanton was a prominent American orator and journalist who advocated for racial justice and social reform. He was married to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a leader of the women's rights movement, and traveled widely to speak on abolition and other causes.
Henry Brewster Stanton helped organize an anti-slavery society while attending the Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati. He helped draft the Free-Soil platform at Buffalo in 1848; in 1855 he helped organize the Republican party in New York State; and in 1856 he campaigned for Fremont.
