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Laura Smith Haviland (December 20, 1808 – April 20, 1898) was an American abolitionist, suffragette, and social reformer. She was a Quaker and an important figure in the history of the Underground Railroad .
Laura Smith Haviland was born in Kitley, Ontario Canada on September 20, 1808 to Charles and Sene Smith. The Smiths quickly moved to Lockport, New York where there were other Quaker families. Laura grew up in a religious environment that supported the education of women and Quaker life.
Jun 20, 2008 · Canadian-born Laura Haviland (1808-1898) was an evangelically-minded Quaker and later (for a time) a Wesleyan Methodist, active in education and social justice issues throughout her life.
Laura Smith Haviland in Abolitionist Women’s History. by Tiya Miles. In September of 2010, residents of southeastern Michigan gathered at the Lenawee County Historical Museum for a lecture on locally renowned Underground Railroad “conductor” Laura Smith Haviland.
Date: 1865-01-01. Canadian-born Laura Haviland (1808-1898) was an evangelically-minded Quaker and later (for a time) a Wesleyan Methodist, active in education and social justice issues throughout her life.
American antislavery activist Laura Smith Haviland (1808–1898) is not as well known as the great writers and orators of the Abolitionist movement, those whose ideas rallied the Northern public to the antislavery cause.
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LAURA HAVILAND: NEGLECTED HEROINE OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD by Anthony Patrick Glesner1 Along the banks of the Battle Creek River stands a bronze sculpture commemorating the Underground Railroad. Two heroic figures dominate the memorial: Erastus Hussey, Quaker abolitionist and Stationmaster, and Harriet Tubman, the famed "Black Moses."
