David Ruggles
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"David Ruggles" was an African-American abolitionism in the United States/abolitionist in Brooklyn, New York who resisted slavery by his participation in a Vigilance committee/Committee of Vigilance and the Underground Railroad to aid fugitive slaves reach free states. He was a printer in New York City during the 1830s, who also wrote numerous articles, and "was the prototype for black activist journalists of his time." He claimed to have led more than 600 fugitive slaves to freedom in the North, including Frederick Douglass, who became a friend and fellow activist.

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