2 Quotes & Sayings By Amos Wilson

Amos Wilson is a renowned American author who was born in 1832 in what is now New York State. He was one of the most politically and socially active and influential members of his generation and served in both houses of the state legislature. His prolific career as a writer spanned his entire lifetime, spanning from his first pamphlet, A Word to the Little Ones (1841), to five volumes of collected works (1869). His most famous work was The History of Slavery in America (1853) and he also published biographies on Harriet Tubman and James Downing, among others Read more

He died in 1876 at age 65.