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James Miller McKim (November 10, 1810 – June 13, 1874) was an American Presbyterian minister and abolitionist. He was the father of the architect Charles Follen McKim . Biography. McKim was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on November 10, 1810. He was educated at Dickinson College and Princeton. [1]
About McKim. James Miller McKim, a graduate of Dickinson College, was one of the great civil rights advocates of the nineteenth century. He grew up in rural Pennsylvania at a time when the state was gradually abolishing slavery within its own borders.
James Miller McKim. More vividly than it is possible for the pen to portray, the subject of this sketch recalls the struggles of the worst years of Slavery, when the conflict was most exciting and interesting, when more minds were aroused, and more laborers were hard at work in the field; when more anti-slavery speeches were made, tracts ...
James Miller McKim, a graduate of Dickinson College, was one of the great civil rights advocates of the nineteenth century. He grew up in rural Pennsylvania at a time when the state was gradually abolishing slavery within its own borders.
James Miller McKim was born November 10, 1810 on a farm near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the second of eight children. Known as Miller McKim, he entered the local Dickinson College at the age of 13 in September 1824. While at Dickinson College, he was active in the Belles Lettres Literary Society and graduated in 1828.
Pennsylvania farmer's son James Miller McKim was a giant of the anti-slavery movement. He worked to end slavery, help fugitives escape it, and, when it was ended, aid those who had been freed.
10 de mar. de 2010 · James Miller McKim, a white abolitionist, documented the account in a letter to a friend, but he wrote: and now I have one request. For heaven's sake, don't publish this affair or allow it to...
