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Baldwin, Roger Sherman
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| (1793–1863)
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| biography:
| US governor, senator, and abolitionist, born in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The grandson of Roger Sherman, he served as the Whig governor of Connecticut (1844–6) and as a US senator (Whig, Connecticut, 1847–50). Known for his abolitionist sympathies, he was the defence counsel for the African slaves arrested in the Amistad case in 1841. |
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