BORN,AUGUST 4,1810 IN CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA-DIED AUGUST 15,1998 IN PHILIDELPHIA PA

WAS NOT A SLAVE

WHEN HE WAS NINE HE ATTENDED ABOLITION SOCIETY'S CLARKSON SCHOOL

HE WAS A COTTON MERCHANT AND HIS MOTHER, HARRIET JUDAH

PURVIS BEGAN HIS OPPOSITION TO SLAVERY AT A VERY YOUNG AGE

WHEN PURVIS WAS NINE, HIS FATHER MOVED THE FAMILY TO PHILADELPHIA

HE WAS EDUCATED AT AMHERST COLLEGE

HE WAS NOT A SLAVE BECAUSE OF HIS ENGLISH FATHER'S WEALTH

ROBERT WAS ACTUALLY A WOMAN AND WAS A MIXED RACE

ROBERT PURVIS'S WIFE'S NAME WAS HARRIET FORTEN PURVIS

HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER WITH WILLIAM LLYOD GARRISON IN THE AMERICAN ANTI SLAVERY SOCIETY

HE WAS APART OF PHILADELPHIA FEMALE ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY IN 1833

HE ESTABLISHED THE PHILADELPHIA LIBRARY COMPANY OF COLORED PEOPLE

HE WAS THE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT OF THE WOMANS SUFFRAGE SOCIETY

HE WAS UNOFFICIALLY HAILED AS "PRESIDENT OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD".

ALL OF US WOULD BE DIFFERENT IN CLOTHES AND TECHNOLOGY

AFRICAN AMERICANS WOULD NOT BE EDUCATED ENOUGH AS WE ARE NOW

NEITHER WOULD THE WHITE BE EDUCATED LIKE THEY ARE NOW

NEITHER WOULD THE WHITE BE EDUCATED LIKE THEY ARE NOW

AFRICAN AMERICANS WOULD STILL BE SLAVES BECAUSE ROBERT PURVIS WAS A REALLY BIG PART IN ABOLITIONISM

ROBERT PURVIS ABOLITIONIST IN HISTORY