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Abraham Galloway (8 February 1837 - 1 September 1870) was an American escaped slave, abolitionist, mason, spy for the union army, women’s suffragist, and state Senator. Born in Smithville (now Southport, North Carolina) in 1837. A former slave who played an important role in supporting the Union Army's success in North Carolina, he served in the North Carolina senate during the Reconstruction period following the Civil War. His death in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1870 was honored by attendance from over 6,000 people. He is remembered, in part, by a historical marker placed in Wilmington in 2012,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Marker: D-114 )〕 a project spearheaded by a local committee, now known as the "Friends of Abraham Galloway", as recorded in the Wilmington Journal.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wilmington Journal November 27, 2014 Page 1 )〕 Although he was a driving force in shaping local and state political direction during his brief lifetime, Abraham Galloway left no record of his own thoughts and ideas, being unable to read or write. William Still, abolitionist and corresponding secretary for the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee, records the escape of Galloway and his friend Richard Eden from Wilmington to Philadelphia, stowed among the cargo of a schooner carrying naval stores; pine tar and turpentine. Due to the hazardness of this particular journey, Still counts Galloway and Eden as "classed among the bravest of the brave".〔https://archive.org/details/undergroundrailr00stil〕 The Vigilance Committee provided passage to Canada for the two men. Within this century, historians and writers have uncovered Galloway's story, and continue to strengthen our knowledge of this Civil War personality. David Cecelski, through The Watermans Song (ISBN 978-0-8078-4972-9, Published: October 2001) 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UNC Press - The Waterman's Song )〕 and The Fire of Freedom (ISBN 978-1-4696-2190-6, Published: February 2015),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UNC Press - The Fire of Freedom )〕 brings the story of Abraham Galloway to life. An article by Phillip Gerard, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, in Our State magazine also highlights this historical vignette.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Abraham Galloway: From Cartridge Box to Ballot Box | )〕 ==Early life== Abraham Galloway was born to a White father and a Black slave mother in Smithville, (now Southport) North Carolina. His birth father, John Wesley Galloway, was protective of his son, despite the circumstances. Galloway’s owner, Marsden Milton Hankins allowed the young Galloway to seek brick masonry jobs with the provision that he could bring Hankins fifteen dollars a month. Galloway decided to escape when it became impossible for him to continue bringing his owner the fifteen dollars. In 1857, at the age of twenty, Galloway was able to escape from slavery by having a ship captain conceal him among barrels of turpentine, tar and rosin. In hiding, Galloway was able to escape from Wilmington, NC to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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「Abraham Galloway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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