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Lunceford Lane

Name: Lunceford Lane

Birthplace: NC

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Occupation/Training:

Residence: NC, MA

Abolitionist Involvement: It was common for one member of a family to buy the freedom of another family member. Lane managed to raise the princely sum of $3,130.00, with which to pay for the freedom of eight members of his family. One abolitionist paper then wrote of him, "His exploits so far exceed those of Eneas, that could Virgil hear his story, he would be ashamed of his own hero."

Family: 8 family members, names unknown

Place of Death:

Reference: Black Abolitionists, by Benjamin Quarles

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