George Sennott was an American lawyer and abolitionist.
15 Facts About George Sennott
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George Sennott was the legal defense for two of the John Brown's raiders in 1859.
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George Sennott attended the University of Vermont, graduating in 1848.
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George Sennott moved to Boston in order to learn and practice law.
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George Sennott read law with Rufus Choate, a politician from the Massachusetts Whig Party; and with Robert Rantoul Jr.
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George Sennott passed the Massachusetts Bar in Suffolk County in 1853.
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In 1859, George Sennott defended Shields Green, and John Anthony Copeland Jr.
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George Sennott make known he was honored to defend the Black agitators, and he boldly condemned slavery.
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George Sennott cited the Dred Scott decision to defend the African Americans accused of treason, noting that since they could not be citizens they could not commit treason.
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In 1862, George Sennott was the counsel for the Gordon family of Boston, accused of treason.
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In March 1860, right before the execution of two other Brown raiders, Albert Hazlett and Aaron Dwight Stevens, George Sennott addressed the Virginia Legislature and pleaded for mercy.
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George Sennott was part of John Brown's volunteer legal counsel in 1866.
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Anecdotes were published about George Sennott, making light of his drinking, behavior in court, and sauciness.
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George Sennott had a personal interest in Greek history and the classics.
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George Sennott died in July 1879, at the age of 53 from "dropsy", in Hot Springs, Arkansas.