Benjamin Lundy, Ohio Abolitionist and Free Labor Advocate
Though Mount Pleasant may be hard to find on the map, this tiny, rural town in southeastern Ohio played a large role in the fight against slavery. In 1817, the first newspaper to advocate national abolition, The Philanthropist, was founded here. Five years later, in 1821, it became the birthplace of another paper advocating abolition when a resident named Benjamin Lundy founded the Genius of Universal Emancipation.