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| Merchant, philanthropist, and abolitionist, born in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA. The brother of Benjamin and Lewis Tappan, he was brought up in a strict religious home. He succeeded in the import business, and started (1826) a prosperous silk jobbing venture in New York City, soon involving his brother Lewis as partner. In 1827 he founded the New York Journal of Commerce to be a model of decent and reform-minded journalism. Both brothers devoted time and money to causes ranging from temperance to abolitionism. Arthur backed many theological seminaries and colleges, as well as William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, and similar journals. In 1833 he co-founded the American Anti-Slavery Society and became its first president. Later breaking with other abolitionists because of their linking of abolitionism with other issues, such as feminism, he helped found the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (1840) and also co-founded the American Missionary Society (1846), which included abolition as one of its goals. |
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