Henry Highland Garnet
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American clergyman and diplomat
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Henry Highland Garnet was an American abolitionist, minister, educator and orator. Having escaped as a child from slavery in Maryland with his family, he grew up in New York City. He was educated at the African Free School and other institutions, and became an advocate of militant abolitionism. He became a minister and based his drive for abolitionism in religion.
