Amelia Piper was a former slave and abolitionist, who organized anti-slavery fairs, was a manager of the New Bedford Female Union Society, and was a fundraiser for the abolition of slavery.
10 Facts About Amelia Piper
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Amelia Piper worked within the African-American community and the greater New Bedford, Massachusetts community to coordinate the efforts of others to provide lives of freedom to those who had been enslaved.
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Generations of the Amelia Piper family worked for William Rotch Rodman as ship workers, domestics, and farm hands.
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Amelia Piper, known for his skill in caring for horses, lived near Rodman and worked for him for decades.
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Robert H Piper was a mariner from the 1830s through the 1850s, including having worked aboard the ship Jefferson in 1841.
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Amelia Piper and William were members of the Second Baptist Church and William was a deacon there.
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On January 1,1840, Amelia Piper organized one of the first anti-slavery fairs in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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Amelia Piper was one of the New Bedford Female Union Society managers.
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Amelia Piper is mentioned in the anti-slavery newspaper, The Liberator.
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William and Amelia Piper are buried at the Oak Grove Cemetery in New Bedford, Massachusetts.