Benjamin Lundy House

Benjamin Lundy House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Benjamin Lundy House
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
location= Mount Pleasant, Ohio
lat_degrees = 40
lat_minutes = 10
lat_seconds = 29
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 80
long_minutes = 48
long_seconds = 14
long_direction = W
locmapin = Ohio
area =
built =1820
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
designated = May 30, 1974cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1473&ResourceType=Building
title=Benjamin Lundy House |accessdate=2008-06-16|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service
]
added = May 30, 1974cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=74001537
The Benjamin Lundy House is a National Historic Landmark in Mount Pleasant, Ohio. It was home in 1820 to abolitionist Benjamin Lundy, where he established the influential antislavery newspaper, The Genius of Universal Emancipation, one of the first antislavery publications in the United States.

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