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Thomas Garrett
A presentation by yours truly.... Austin Thomas
Thomas Garrett
His Life
The man who fought tirelessly for the freedom of slaves
Other comtempoaries that worked
with Garrett include:
John Hunn, the former governer of Delaware who aided Garrett imensely
William Still, a conductor of the Underground Railroad and writer who the famous book "The Underground Railroad"
Harriet Tubman, an abilitionist who assisted in transporting numerous groups of slaves up North
Early Life
Thomas Garrett was born on August 21, 1789. Garrett comes from a homestead up in Upper Darby, PA. Garrett grew up in a large household which included his parents, Sarah (Price) and Thomas Garrett, and 11 other brothers and sisters. Garrett was taught blacksmith technique by his father and learned to make tools as a young kid.
He also helped his father on
the farm and in the various
mills they owned.
Influential Presence
One time, Garrett returned to his home to find the free black woman who worked at the Garrett home kidnapped. Garrett pursued the kidnappers and retrieved the woman, and from then on, he dedicated his life to the abolitionist cause. Between the years 1813-1865 Garrett help the slave cause extremely. Garrett helped on the Underground Railroad in the Maryland- Delaware region. Garrett joined the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. He hid and assisted more than 3,000 runaway slaves with the help of comtemporaries like Harriet Tubman, John Hunn, and William Still. Garrett was subject to threats, harrassment, and assualts and still perservered for better cause. Thomas Garrett died January 25th, 1871 and will remebered as a man who fought tirelessy for change.
Coexisting Events
The abolishment of slavery wasn't the only event going on. In the 19th century the Market Revolution piveted the economy. Due to the widespread mechanization of industry and the expansion of various economic markets there was a drastic change in the economy.
The overall change lasted about a decade, 1820-1935. Slave labor helped fuel the Market Revolution and textile mills depened on southern cotton. Textile companies made up 88 out of 100 American corporations valued at over $100,000 dollars with help of free labor.