TAPPAN BROTHERS

By Haley Copes and Megan Cavanaugh

Biography

Lewis and Arthur were born in Northampton, Mass

They were among 11 children Lewis and Arthur grew up as strict

Calvinists. Followed their father’s lead and rose

rapidly into wholesale and retail merchants

They were very influential in a number of different fields

Lewis Tappan

New York abolitionist Main focus was on captive Africans Ensured high quality lawyers for

them Organized the return trip home to

Africa for surviving members of the group

ARTHUR TAPPAN

Co-founded the American Anti-Slavery Society Resigned from being president because of the

society’s new interest in women’s rights and feminism

Arthur and Lewis founded the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society

Financially supported the underground railroad Became so controversial that his furniture was

burned in the street and his home was destroyed

Active in founding the Lane Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio, as a religious outpost

Cause: Abolish Slavery

The brothers dreamed of “copper-skin” America where everyone was equal and race didn’t matter.

Impelled by evangelicism, they both embraced William Lloyd Garrison's radical doctrine of "immediate" abolition

Advocated for intermarriage of the races

Fought for lawyers and education for slaves

Modern Day Slavery: Human Trafficking There are more than 27 million people

worldwide who are victims of human trafficking.

People from all over the world are suffering, forcibly taken, sold as slaves or forced into prostitution.

More and more victims are taken by organized crimes; therefore increasing the number of victims each year.

Men, women and even children are forced to become slave-like either through force, threat or deception.

Thomas Nast “Runaway Slave”

This piece of art shows a black family escaping slavery in the South.

The slaves are portrayed as people rather than property.

The Tappan Brothers wanted the slaves to be viewed as equal, the way they are seen in this portrait.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam006.html

http://www.shmoop.com/abolition/arthur-tappan.html

http://gvnet.com/humantrafficking/ http://www.sonofthesouth.net/Runaw

ay_Slaves.htm