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Henry Brewster Stanton is the husband of feminist and voting rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Stanton was a prominent abolitionist, and he began his anti-slavery work in the 1830s, but he was forced to leave the Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati for his anti-slavery views. After leaving Stanton joined the American Anti-Slavery in the early 1830s, and by 1837 he had been appointed to their executive board. In 1840, Stanton married Elizabeth Cady. In 1847, Henry and Elizabeth Cady Stanton moved to Seneca Falls, NY, and Stanton helped form the Free-Soil Party. Stanton served as a Free-Soiler in the New York State Senate in 1850 and 1851. Stanton continued his involvement in politics and anti-slavery as a writer and journalist, and he wrote for several influential publications, including the New York Tribune and the New York Sun. Stanton 

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Henry Brewster Stanton is the husband of feminist and voting rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Stanton was a prominent abolitionist, and he began his anti-slavery work in the 1830s, but he was forced to leave the Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati for his anti-slavery views. After leaving Stanton joined the American Anti-Slavery in the early 1830s, and by 1837 he had been appointed to their executive board. In 1840, Stanton married Elizabeth Cady. In 1847, Henry and Elizabeth Cady Stanton moved to Seneca Falls, NY, and Stanton helped form the Free-Soil Party. Stanton served as a Free-Soiler in the New York State Senate in 1850 and 1851. Stanton continued his involvement in politics and anti-slavery as a writer and journalist, and he wrote for several influential publications, including the New York Tribune and the New York Sun. Stanton
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