Ellis Gray Loring | |
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Born | Boston, U.S. | April 14, 1803
Died | May 25, 1858 Boston, U.S. | (aged 55)
Alma mater | Harvard College Harvard Law School |
Spouse | Louisa Gilman |
Children | Anna Loring Dresel |
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Ellis Gray Loring (April 14, 1803 – May 24, 1858) was an American attorney, abolitionist, and philanthropist from Boston. He co-founded the New England Anti-Slavery Society, provided legal advice to abolitionists, harbored fugitive slaves in his home, and helped finance the abolitionist newspaper, the Liberator. Loring also mentored Robert Morris, who went on to become one of the first African-American attorneys in the United States.