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Philo Pratt
Best known today for co-signing a forceful 1837 defense of the abolitionist movement in Connecticut, this little-documented writer speaks through a book shaped by urgency, conscience, and public debate. His surviving work offers a direct window into how local anti-slavery activists argued their case before the Civil War.
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An apology for abolitionists addressed by the anti-slavery society of Meriden, Conn., to their fellow citizens
by Conn. Anti-slavery Society of Meriden, Philo Pratt, Isaac I. Tibbals, Walter Webb
About the author
Very little biographical information about this author could be confirmed from reliable sources found during this search. What is clear is that Philo Pratt was one of the signers and credited authors of An Apology for Abolitionists, a work issued in 1837 by the Anti-Slavery Society of Meriden, Connecticut, and signed on behalf of that society along with Walter Webb and Isaac I. Tibbals.
That book is a public defense of abolitionism addressed to fellow citizens, and it places Pratt within the circle of organized anti-slavery activism in Meriden during a tense period in American history. Because so few firm personal details were available, the most trustworthy way to understand him is through that surviving text and the cause it served.
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