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Author, American politician, Publisher, Producer
Born John Denison BALDWIN
American politician, Congregationalist minister, newspaper editor, and popular anthropological writer
Born on September 28, 1809 in North Stonington, Connecticut , United States
Died on July 8, 1883 in Worcester, Massachusetts , United States
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He became a member of the Connecticut State House of Representatives in 1847.
... Baldwin briefly studied law, but graduated with a degree in theology from Yale Divinity School in 1834. He became a Congregationalist minister and preached in West Woodstock, North Branford, and North Killingly, all in Connecticut. In 1839 Yale awarded him an honorary Master of Arts degree.
He became a member of the Connecticut State House of Representatives in 1847.
Baldwin was active in the Free Soil and anti-slavery movements. He edited anti-slavery journals the "Republican" (published in Hartford) and the "Commonwealth" (published in Boston), and from 1859 became the owner and editor of the "Worcester Spy," what George Frisbie Hoar called "one of the most influential papers in New England."
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