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Moses Dickson
1824Apr, 5

Moses Dickson

Moses Dickson, African-American abolitionist, soldier, minister and founder of The Knights of Liberty (d. 1901)
Moses Dickson (1824–1901) was an abolitionist, soldier, minister, and founder of the Knights of Liberty, an anti-slavery organization that planned a slave uprising in the United States and helped African-American enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad. He also founded the black self-help organization The International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor and was a co-founder of Lincoln University in Missouri.

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