Isaac Harvey

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    Isaac Harvey (1809-1883) was a Quaker farmer in Ohio. In 1862, he had a leading to go and talk to President Abraham Lincoln about the abolition of slavery. He and his wife, Sarah Edwards Harvey, traveled to Washington D.C. and spoke to the president. The Emancipation Proclamation was announced shortly thereafter.

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