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James Mott

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The Resume

    (June 20, 1788-January 26, 1868)
    Born in North Hempstead, New York
    Quaker leader
    Anti-slavery activist
    Husband of Lucretia Mott (married April 10, 1811)
    Co-founded The American Anti-Slavery Society (1833)

Why he might be annoying:

    He and his wife looked like the American Gothic couple.
    He and his wife named their Philadelphia-area home Roadside.
    He is overshadowed by his famous wife despite being just as involved in the movement as she was.
    He met Lucretia when she was a student at Nine Partners School in Poughkeepsie where he was teaching and where his father was a superintendent.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was the second of seven children.
    He supported his wife's giving sermons as a traveling minister.
    He helped form the Philadelphia Free Produce Society, which encouraged the establishment of free-produce stores that sold products made free of slave labor.
    He chaired the Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's rights convention and at which his wife was the main speaker, held in Seneca Falls, New York (July 19-20, 1848).
    He and Lucretia both signed the convention's Declaration of Sentiments for Women's Rights.
    He died of pneumonia while visiting his daughter in Brooklyn, widowing his wife of 56 years.
    His children all became abolitionists and active in other reform movements, following in his footsteps.

Credit: BoyWiththeGreenHair


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 14 Votes: 35.71% Annoying