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   Arthur Tappan (May 22, 1786 – July 23, 1865) was an American businessman, philanthropist and abolitionist. He was the brother of Ohio Senator Benjamin Tappan and abolitionist Lewis Tappan , and nephew of Harvard Divinity School theologian Rev. Dr. David Tappan .

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   May 18, 2024 · Arthur Tappan (born May 22, 1786, Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.—died July 23, 1865, New Haven, Connecticut) was an American philanthropist who used much of his energy and his fortune in the struggle to end slavery. After a devoutly religious upbringing, Tappan moved to Boston at age 15 to enter the dry goods business.

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   Nov 1, 2020 · The Tappan brothers were a pair of wealthy New York City businessmen who used their fortunes to assist the North American 19th-century anti-enslavement movement from the 1830s through the 1850s. The philanthropic efforts of Arthur and Lewis Tappan were instrumental in the founding of the American Anti-Slavery Society as well as other reform ...

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   Learn how the Tappan brothers, successful Wall Street merchants and evangelical Christians, transformed America with their philanthropy in religion, education, temperance, and abolition. See how they combined business ethics, social reform, and religious faith in their philanthrocapitalist legacy.

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   Tappan, Arthur. Arthur Tappan (tăp´ən), 1786–1865, American abolitionist, b. Northampton, Mass. He made a fortune in the dry-goods business in New York City and with his brother and partner Lewis Tappan gave generously of his time and money to various causes, especially to the antislavery movement. He contributed to the establishment of ...

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   Arthur Tappan. *Arthur Tappan was born on this date in 1786. He was a white-American businessman, philanthropist, and abolitionist. Arthur Tappan was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, to Benjamin Tappan and Sarah Homes Tappan, a great-niece of Benjamin Franklin. He was the brother of Ohio Senator Benjamin Tappan, abolitionist Lewis Tappan ...

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   What did Arthur Tappan do?

   • Arthur Tappan was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, on 22nd May, 1786. Tappan moved to Boston at the age of 15 and by 1807 had established his own dry goods business in Portland, Maine. He expanded his business investments and a silk-importing firm based in New York was particularly successful.

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   When did Arthur Tappan die?

   • Arthur Tappan died in 1865, Lewis in 1873. Both men lived long enough to see the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment eliminate slavery in the United States, granting freedom to millions of African Americans. Arthur is buried in the Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven.

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   What did Lewis Tappan and Arthur Tappan do?

   • He gave liberally to the American Anti-Slavery Society and helped to publish The Emancipator. Lewis Tappan and Arthur Tappan provided the financial backing for the establishment of Oberlin College, Oberlin Ohio, where black and white students were educated together in an abolitionist environment.

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   Who were the Tappan brothers?

   • The Tappan brothers were born in Northampton, Massachusetts, into a family of 11 children. Arthur was born in 1786, and Lewis was born in 1788. Their father was a goldsmith and merchant and their mother was deeply religious. Both Arthur and Lewis showed early aptitude in business and became merchants operating in Boston as well as Canada.

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   Arthur Tappan. merchant, philanthropist, abolitionist. Born: 5/22/1786. Birthplace: Northampton, Mass. After a failed attempt in the dry goods business, he and his brother Lewis founded a successful silk importing business in New York in 1826. The Panic of 1837 meant an end to the Tappans' import business, but they quickly bounced back ...