Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873

Variant names

Hide Profile

Charles Lenox Remond (1810-1873) was born in Salem, Massachusetts into a prominent African-American family. His father John had emigrated from the Dutch colony of Curacao in 1798 and owned a successful catering business, while his mother Nancy's father was a Revolutionary War veteran. Both his parents were active abolitionists and Charles followed suit (as did his sister Sarah), speaking on the anti-slavery lecture circuit from an early age. In 1840, he gave a lecture at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London and in 1842 became the first African-American to address the Massachusetts state legislature to protest racial discrimination on railroads and steamboats; with Frederick Douglass and other black abolitionist activists, he also helped recruit African-American soldiers into the Union Army's all-black Massachusetts 54th Regiment.

[Adapted from the entry "Remond, Charles Lenox (1810-1873)" in BlackPast.org]

From the guide to the Charles Lenox Remond Letter, 1859, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
correspondedWith Garrison family. family
associatedWith Morris, Robert, 1823-1882. person
associatedWith Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884 person
associatedWith Remond family. family
Place Name Admin Code Country
Subject
Activism and social reform
African Americans
Slavery, abolition, and emancipation
Occupation
Social reformers
Activity

Person

Birth 1810-02-01

Death 1873-12-22

Information

Permalink: http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67397r6

Ark ID: w67397r6

SNAC ID: 26518211