Pillsbury, Parker
abolitionist, reformer, author, was born Sept. 22, 1809, in Hamilton, Mass. In his infancy his parents moved to Henniker, N. H., where he received his education in the common schools. In 1839 he was licensed to preach, but subsequently abandoned the pulpit and threw himself into the cause of emancipation. His greatest work in the anti-slavery cause was upon the platform, but for a time he had editorial charge of the Herald of Freedom, and later of the National Anti-Slavery Standard. From 1840 until the legal extinction of slavery he was one of the most zealous and effective of the abolition orators; and visited England in its cause in 1854. He subsequently engaged in the elevation of woman and kindred reforms in conjunction with Mrs. Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. In his later years he has been a student of theosophy, spiritism and other philosophical and psychological subjects. He is the author of Acts of the Anti-Slavery Apostles; and a large number of addresses and articles on various subjects. He resides in Concord, N. H.