Radio Podcast & Article: May 6, 1812: Activist and Physician Martin Delany Born in Jefferson County, Duration: 2:00

Martin Delany

Radio Podcast & Article: May 6, 1812: Activist and Physician Martin Delany Born in Jefferson County, Duration: 2:00

05/06/2020

Radio Podcast & Article

West Virginia Public Broadcasting presents as audio biography of Martin Delany- a free Black abolitionist, physician Union Army Officer and writer. Themes include an account of Delany's: upbringing in Virginia and Pennslyvania, his abolitionist newspapers, his medical practice in Pittsburg, involvement with the Underground Railroad, his support of White abolitionist John Brown, and his military service.

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