Son of Rinaldo & Lydia (Bradford) Burleigh.
Married Gertrude Kimber, from Pennsylvania, on 24 October 1842
Admitted to the bar in Windham County, CT in Jan 1835, but chose to labor as an anti-slavery lecturer.
In 1863, he came from Plainfield, CT as the first speaker of the Free Congregational Society of Florence. The society was more philosophical than religious and was devoted to the principles of free thought & free speech. Many of the original 35 founders had been members of the cooperative Northampton Association of Education & Industry. Mr. Burleigh spoke on subjects such as abolition, woman's suffrage, welfare, social reform, other denominational philosophies, etc. Other speakers, who shared his stage, were Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bronson & Louisa Alcott, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Susan B Anthony.
Mr. Burleigh retired in 1873, when the foundation for Cosmian Hall was started. He was hit by a train near the freight station while walking to the post office with a letter. The funeral services were held from Cosmian Hall with addresses by William Lloyd Garrison, Samuel May & Elizabeth Powell Bond.
Note: Northampton vital records list date of death as 13 June.
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An ardent abolitionist and journalist, Burleigh was vocal against Connecticut's "Black Law" and became editor of the Unionist, originally published in defense of Prudence Crandall's school.
Eccentric in dress and with a flowing beard he vowed not to remove until the end of slavery, Burleigh turned his back on a professional career to become agent and lecturer for the Middlesex Anti-Slavery. He was a regular contributor to the Liberator and one of the editors of the Pennsylvania Freeman.
He was a supportive friend of Abby Kelley. Active in a number of reform movements, Burleigh plunged into the Anti-Sabbatarian campaign after he was arrested in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1847 for selling antislavery literature on Sunday. Abby and Stephen Foster had been arrested in Ohio for the same offense in July 1846.
In 1845 he published a pamphlet, Thoughts on the Death Penalty, condemning capital punishment.
He participated in the 1850 National Woman's Rights Convention in Worcester, MA and was a woman's rights man throughout his life.
by Karen Board Moran, 3/26/2005
Contributor: Flinsbach (49222948)
Married Gertrude Kimber, from Pennsylvania, on 24 October 1842
Admitted to the bar in Windham County, CT in Jan 1835, but chose to labor as an anti-slavery lecturer.
In 1863, he came from Plainfield, CT as the first speaker of the Free Congregational Society of Florence. The society was more philosophical than religious and was devoted to the principles of free thought & free speech. Many of the original 35 founders had been members of the cooperative Northampton Association of Education & Industry. Mr. Burleigh spoke on subjects such as abolition, woman's suffrage, welfare, social reform, other denominational philosophies, etc. Other speakers, who shared his stage, were Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bronson & Louisa Alcott, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Susan B Anthony.
Mr. Burleigh retired in 1873, when the foundation for Cosmian Hall was started. He was hit by a train near the freight station while walking to the post office with a letter. The funeral services were held from Cosmian Hall with addresses by William Lloyd Garrison, Samuel May & Elizabeth Powell Bond.
Note: Northampton vital records list date of death as 13 June.
pkm
An ardent abolitionist and journalist, Burleigh was vocal against Connecticut's "Black Law" and became editor of the Unionist, originally published in defense of Prudence Crandall's school.
Eccentric in dress and with a flowing beard he vowed not to remove until the end of slavery, Burleigh turned his back on a professional career to become agent and lecturer for the Middlesex Anti-Slavery. He was a regular contributor to the Liberator and one of the editors of the Pennsylvania Freeman.
He was a supportive friend of Abby Kelley. Active in a number of reform movements, Burleigh plunged into the Anti-Sabbatarian campaign after he was arrested in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1847 for selling antislavery literature on Sunday. Abby and Stephen Foster had been arrested in Ohio for the same offense in July 1846.
In 1845 he published a pamphlet, Thoughts on the Death Penalty, condemning capital punishment.
He participated in the 1850 National Woman's Rights Convention in Worcester, MA and was a woman's rights man throughout his life.
by Karen Board Moran, 3/26/2005
Contributor: Flinsbach (49222948)
Son of Rinaldo & Lydia (Bradford) Burleigh.
Married Gertrude Kimber, from Pennsylvania, on 24 October 1842
Admitted to the bar in Windham County, CT in Jan 1835, but chose to labor as an anti-slavery lecturer.
In 1863, he came from Plainfield, CT as the first speaker of the Free Congregational Society of Florence. The society was more philosophical than religious and was devoted to the principles of free thought & free speech. Many of the original 35 founders had been members of the cooperative Northampton Association of Education & Industry. Mr. Burleigh spoke on subjects such as abolition, woman's suffrage, welfare, social reform, other denominational philosophies, etc. Other speakers, who shared his stage, were Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bronson & Louisa Alcott, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Susan B Anthony.
Mr. Burleigh retired in 1873, when the foundation for Cosmian Hall was started. He was hit by a train near the freight station while walking to the post office with a letter. The funeral services were held from Cosmian Hall with addresses by William Lloyd Garrison, Samuel May & Elizabeth Powell Bond.
Note: Northampton vital records list date of death as 13 June.
pkm
An ardent abolitionist and journalist, Burleigh was vocal against Connecticut's "Black Law" and became editor of the Unionist, originally published in defense of Prudence Crandall's school.
Eccentric in dress and with a flowing beard he vowed not to remove until the end of slavery, Burleigh turned his back on a professional career to become agent and lecturer for the Middlesex Anti-Slavery. He was a regular contributor to the Liberator and one of the editors of the Pennsylvania Freeman.
He was a supportive friend of Abby Kelley. Active in a number of reform movements, Burleigh plunged into the Anti-Sabbatarian campaign after he was arrested in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1847 for selling antislavery literature on Sunday. Abby and Stephen Foster had been arrested in Ohio for the same offense in July 1846.
In 1845 he published a pamphlet, Thoughts on the Death Penalty, condemning capital punishment.
He participated in the 1850 National Woman's Rights Convention in Worcester, MA and was a woman's rights man throughout his life.
by Karen Board Moran, 3/26/2005
Contributor: Flinsbach (49222948)
Married Gertrude Kimber, from Pennsylvania, on 24 October 1842
Admitted to the bar in Windham County, CT in Jan 1835, but chose to labor as an anti-slavery lecturer.
In 1863, he came from Plainfield, CT as the first speaker of the Free Congregational Society of Florence. The society was more philosophical than religious and was devoted to the principles of free thought & free speech. Many of the original 35 founders had been members of the cooperative Northampton Association of Education & Industry. Mr. Burleigh spoke on subjects such as abolition, woman's suffrage, welfare, social reform, other denominational philosophies, etc. Other speakers, who shared his stage, were Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bronson & Louisa Alcott, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Susan B Anthony.
Mr. Burleigh retired in 1873, when the foundation for Cosmian Hall was started. He was hit by a train near the freight station while walking to the post office with a letter. The funeral services were held from Cosmian Hall with addresses by William Lloyd Garrison, Samuel May & Elizabeth Powell Bond.
Note: Northampton vital records list date of death as 13 June.
pkm
An ardent abolitionist and journalist, Burleigh was vocal against Connecticut's "Black Law" and became editor of the Unionist, originally published in defense of Prudence Crandall's school.
Eccentric in dress and with a flowing beard he vowed not to remove until the end of slavery, Burleigh turned his back on a professional career to become agent and lecturer for the Middlesex Anti-Slavery. He was a regular contributor to the Liberator and one of the editors of the Pennsylvania Freeman.
He was a supportive friend of Abby Kelley. Active in a number of reform movements, Burleigh plunged into the Anti-Sabbatarian campaign after he was arrested in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1847 for selling antislavery literature on Sunday. Abby and Stephen Foster had been arrested in Ohio for the same offense in July 1846.
In 1845 he published a pamphlet, Thoughts on the Death Penalty, condemning capital punishment.
He participated in the 1850 National Woman's Rights Convention in Worcester, MA and was a woman's rights man throughout his life.
by Karen Board Moran, 3/26/2005
Contributor: Flinsbach (49222948)
Inscription
Charles C Burleigh/Died June 13 1878/Æ 67/"A Champion of Freedom"/"A loving, wise and faithful/ husband and father."
Gertrude K. Burleigh/Died Aug. 26 1869/Æ 53/"A loving, wise and faithful/wife and mother."
"Truly one in work and Spirit."
Teresa their Daughter/1851 – 1944/
Charles C. Burleigh Jr./1848 – 1882 Edward D. Burleigh/1846 –
Brothers
Ida A. Aldrich/his wife/1855-1955 Florence M. Aldrich/his wife/- 1949
Sisters
This marker placed by their descendants/1998/To preserve family inscriptions and the /History of Northampton
Family Members
Parents
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