Gamaliel Bailey
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Gamaliel Bailey was an American journalist and abolitionist.
, Bailey moved with his family to Philadelphia when at the age of nine. He graduated from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1827. After editing for a short time a religious journal, the Methodist Protestant, at Baltimore, Maryland, he moved in 1831 to Cincinnati
, Ohio
, where at first he devoted himself almost exclusively to the practice of medicine. He was also a lecturer on physiology
at the Lane Theological Seminary, and at the time of the Lane Seminary debates (February 1834) between the pro-slavery and the anti-slavery students, and the subsequent withdrawal of the latter, he became an ardent abolitionist.
In 1836, he joined James G. Birney
in the editorial control of the Philanthropist; in the following year he succeeded Birney as editor, and conducted the paper until 1847 in spite of threats and acts of violence–the printing office of the Philanthropist was wrecked three times by mobs.
Beginning in 1843 he edited a daily paper, the Herald, and in 1847 assumed control of the new abolitionist publication, the National Era, in Washington, D.C.
Here also his paper was the object of attack by pro-slavery mobs, one of which besieged the editor and printers in their office for three days in 1848. This paper had a considerable circulation, and in it, in 1851—1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe's
Uncle Tom's Cabin
was first published.
Bailey died at sea in the course of a trip to Europe. He was 51.
Biography
Born and raised in Mount Holly Township, New JerseyMount Holly Township, New Jersey
Mount Holly Township is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States as well as an eastern suburb of Philadelphia. As of the 2000 United States Census, the township population was 10,728. It is the county seat of Burlington County....
, Bailey moved with his family to Philadelphia when at the age of nine. He graduated from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1827. After editing for a short time a religious journal, the Methodist Protestant, at Baltimore, Maryland, he moved in 1831 to Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...
, Ohio
Ohio
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, where at first he devoted himself almost exclusively to the practice of medicine. He was also a lecturer on physiology
Physiology
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at the Lane Theological Seminary, and at the time of the Lane Seminary debates (February 1834) between the pro-slavery and the anti-slavery students, and the subsequent withdrawal of the latter, he became an ardent abolitionist.
In 1836, he joined James G. Birney
James G. Birney
James Gillespie Birney was an abolitionist, politician and jurist born in Danville, Kentucky. From 1816 to 1818, he served in the Kentucky House of Representatives...
in the editorial control of the Philanthropist; in the following year he succeeded Birney as editor, and conducted the paper until 1847 in spite of threats and acts of violence–the printing office of the Philanthropist was wrecked three times by mobs.
Beginning in 1843 he edited a daily paper, the Herald, and in 1847 assumed control of the new abolitionist publication, the National Era, in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
Here also his paper was the object of attack by pro-slavery mobs, one of which besieged the editor and printers in their office for three days in 1848. This paper had a considerable circulation, and in it, in 1851—1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe's
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist and author. Her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin was a depiction of life for African-Americans under slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and United Kingdom...
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War", according to Will Kaufman....
was first published.
Bailey died at sea in the course of a trip to Europe. He was 51.