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Hiram Wilson (September 25, 1803 – April 16, 1864) was an anti-slavery abolitionist who worked directly with escaped and former slaves in southwestern Ontario. He attempted to improve their living conditions and help them to be integrated into society by providing education and practical working skills. He established the first black company to sell his pottery in southwestern Ontario. Wilson worked extensively with jameshiram wilson to establish the British-American Institute and the Dawn Settlement in 1841.〔http://www.oberlin.edu/external/EOG/LaneDebates/RebelBios/HiramWilson.html〕 Wilson was a delegate to the 1843 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London, England.〔Allen P. Stouffer 1992. The light of nature and the law of god : Antislavery in Ontario, 1833-1877. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 69.〕 Wilson eventually resigned from the British-American Institute and moved to St. Catharines, Ontario, where his home was the final terminal for the Underground Railroad.〔Jacqueline L. Tobin and Hettie Jones, From midnight to dawn: The last tracks of the underground railroad, 2007, 170-171.〕 ==Education== Hiram Wilson was born in Acworth, New Hampshire where he was said to have “inherited the New England dedication to moral uplift.”〔Jane H. Pease, and William Henry Pease. Bound with them in chains ;;a biographical history of the antislavery movement. Contributions in american history. Vol. 18. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 116.〕 His education began when he attended the Oneida Institute in upstate New York.〔Jane H. Pease, and William Henry Pease. Bound with them in chains ;;a biographical history of the antislavery movement. Contributions in american history. Vol. 18. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 116.〕 At this institution, students were provided the opportunity to learn a trade while they studied. This was very practical for a student could learn and at the same time, they could learn a trade which was very beneficial in making a living. In 1833, Wilson attended the recently founded Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati.〔Jane H. Pease, and William Henry Pease. Bound with them in chains ;;a biographical history of the antislavery movement. Contributions in american history. Vol. 18. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 116.〕 Wilson’s stay would not last long, as the slavery debates divided the school and city.〔Jacqueline L. Tobin and Hettie Jones, From midnight to dawn: The last tracks of the underground railroad, 2007, 22-23.〕 Wilson did not participate in this debate but he would join the 72 Lane Rebels who left the school. The rebels demanded the right to discuss controversial topics and the students’ rights to freedom of speech. Lane Rebel Theodore Dwight Weld responded: This group of students left Lane and journeyed to the new college in Oberlin, Ohio. This college was very liberal and welcomed students who were women and Negroes.〔Jane H. Pease, and William Henry Pease. Bound with them in chains ;;a biographical history of the antislavery movement. Contributions in american history. Vol. 18. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 116.〕 Wilson received a Theology Degree from Oberlin Theological Seminary in 1836.〔http://www.oberlin.edu/external/EOG/LaneDebates/RebelBios/HiramWilson.html〕 After he graduated, the President of Oberlin, Charles Finney, was interested in the status of blacks who have travelled to Upper Canada to escape slavery and discrimination.〔Jacqueline L. Tobin and Hettie Jones, From midnight to dawn: The last tracks of the underground railroad, 2007, 22.〕 He gave Wilson twenty-five dollars to travel to Upper Canada and to work with the 20,000 free blacks, who have settled there for refuge. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hiram Wilson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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