Title	James Madison Bell portrait photograph
Subject	Bell, James Madison, 1826-1902 Emancipation of slaves Abolitionists Underground Railroad Civil rights African American men Slavery
Time Period	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
Place	Cincinnati (Ohio) Hamilton County (Ohio) California
Description	This portrait shows an elderly James Madison Bell, of Gallipolis, Ohio, wearing formal attire. Born April 3, 1826, Bell was a poet, orator and anti-slavery activist, and a free man of color whose poetry was dedicated to abolition. He lived briefly in Chatham, Ontario, Canada, a significant stop on the Underground Railroad, before moving to California where some of his poems were published in The Pacific Appeal, an African American newspaper in San Fransisco. In 1901, he published 27 of his poems in a book: "The Poetical Works of James Madison Bell." This print originally appeared in his book.
Date of Original	1901
Collection	Printed Material
Source	Library; 811 B413 1901
Format	Picture Photomechanical Print Black-and-white photograph
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	AL05169.tif
Image Height	1966
Image Width	1966
File Size	5514152 Bytes
Date created	2011-08-04

James Madison Bell portrait photograph

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