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Samuel Gridley Howe's Struggle For Equal Rights
Furthermore, Howe advocated for equal rights with no strings attached for Negroes. Slavery, he argued, had created handicaps for blacks by denying them the opportunity to grow and learn and only freedom and full freedom, at that, would restore the humanity to former slaves (Meltzer, 1964). Unfortunately, no one seemed to listen to what Samuel Gridley Howe was saying. After a trip to Europe in the late 1860s, Howe returned home to an invitation from Massachusetts’ governor to chair the Massachusetts’ Board of State Charities. This committee was charged with reorganizing and reforming charitable institutions in a single system. In an early report from this committee, Dr. Howe set out a group of principles for public welfare. Looking back on
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