See below for links to biographies of abolitionists and anti-slavery activists from Scribner’s Dictionary of American biography.

For our most comprehensive list of biographies of abolitionists and anti-slavery activists, click here. Sources include Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography and Scribner’s Dictionary of American biography, among others.

Please also visit our American Abolitionists website by clicking here. It is presently the largest online database of United States antislavery and abolitionist history.

Individual Abolitionists and Anti-Slavery Activists

Click on the entries below to view an annotated list of biographies of American abolitionists and anti-slavery activists. Source: Scribner’s Dictionary of American Biography.

A

Aar-Alv: Aaron through Alvord
Ame-Atk: Ames through Atkinson

B

Bac-Bay: Bacon through Bayard
Bec-Bet: Beckley through Bethune
Bib-Blo: Bibb through Blow
Boo-Bro: Boorman through Brown
Bry-But: Bryan through Butler

C

Cam-Che: Cameron through Cheney
Chi-Col: Child through Colwell
Con-Cut: Conkling through Cutler

D

Dal-Dix: Dalton through Dixon
Doa-Dye: Doak through Dyer

E

Ear-Ewi: Earle through Ewing

F

Fai-Fit: Fairbank through Fitzhugh
Fla-Fow: Flagg through Fowler
Fra: Francis through Franklin
Fre-Fus: Frelinghuysen through Fussell

G

Gag-Gan: Gage through Gannett
Gar-Ger: Gardner through Gerry
Gib-Gra: Gibbons through Gray
Gre-Gur: Greeley through Gurley

H

Hah-Ham: Hahn through Hamlin
Har-Haz: Harlan through Hazard
Hea-Hit: Heath through Hitchcock
Hoa-How: Hoar through Howland
Hun-Hut: Hunt through Hutchinson

I

I: Ingersoll

J

Jac-Jay: Jackson through Jay
Jef-Jes: Jefferson through Jessup
Joc-Jul: Jocelyn through Julian

K

Kag-Key: Kagi through Key
Kim-Kor: Kimball through Korner

L

Lan-Lew: Lane through Lewis
Lin-Liv: Lincoln through Livermore
Log-Lun: Loguen through Lundy

M

McC-McN: McCormick through McMichael
Mac-May: Macomb through Maynard
Med-Moo: Medill through Moorhead
Mor-Mye: Morel through Myers

N

N: Nell through Nye

O

O: O’Connor through Owen

P

Pad-Pal: Padelford through Palmer
Par-Pet: Parker through Pettigrew
Phe-Pit: Phelps through Pitkin
Pla-Put: Platt through Putnam

Q

Q: Quincy through Quinn

R

Ral-Ray: Ralston through Raymond
Rea-Riv: Read through Rives
Rob-Ror: Roberts through Rorer
Ros-Ryl: Rose through Ryland

S

Sac-Sco: Sackett through Scott
Sea-Shi: Seaton through Shipley
Sim-Smi: Simmons through Smith
Sou-Spr: Southard through Sprague
Sta: Stallo through Stanton
Ste-Sti: Stearns through Stillwell
Sto: Stockton through Stowe
Str-Sun: Stranahan through Sunderland
Swa-Szo: Swain through Szold

T

Tab-Tha: Tabor through Thayer
Tho-Til: Thomas through Tilton
Tod-Tys: Tod through Tyson

U

U: Underwood through Usher

V

V: Vail through Vinton

W

Wad-Wat: Wade through Wattles
Wea-Wei: Weaver through Weitzel
Wel-Whe: Weld through Wheeling
Whi: Whipper through Whittier
Wil: Wilcox through Wilson
Win-Wri: Windom through Wright

X

Y

Yat-You: Yates through Young

Z

Zac-Zak: Zachos through Zakrzewska

Sources:
Dictionary of American Biography, Volumes I-X, Edited by Dumas Malone, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1930.

Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volumes I-VI, Edited by James Grant Wilson & John Fiske, New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1888-1889.