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George Washington Julian (* 5. Mai 1817 bei Centerville, Wayne County, Indiana; † 7. Juli 1899 in Indianapolis, Indiana) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. Zwischen 1849 und 1871 vertrat er mehrfach den Bundesstaat Indiana im US-Repräsentantenhaus .
George Washington Julian (May 5, 1817 – July 7, 1899) was a politician, lawyer, and writer from Indiana who served in the United States House of Representatives during the 19th century.
1. Mai 2024 · George W. Julian (born May 5, 1817, Wayne County, Indiana, U.S.—died July 7, 1899, Irvington, Indiana) was an American reform politician who began as an abolitionist, served in Congress as a Radical Republican during the American Civil War and Reconstruction eras, and later championed woman suffrage and other liberal measures.
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15. Juli 2016 · George Washington Julian was a radical political leader defined by his strong moral convictions. During a period marked by slavery, Civil War, monopolies, and discrimination against African Americans, immigrants, and women, Julian tirelessly advocated for abolition, equal rights, and land reform.
An Indiana abolitionist, lawyer, and congressman (1849–1851; 1861–1871), George Washington Julian was an early advocate of emancipation under the government's war powers. In 1862 he guided the homestead act through Congress. Julian advocated confiscation of rebel lands and black suffrage.
While still a young man George Washington Julian pledged himself to the task of destroying all "oppression and inequality," whether it took the "undisguised form of chattel slavery, or that organized cupidity which makes
JULIAN, GEORGE WASHINGTON, a Representative from Indiana; born near Centerville, Wayne County, Ind., on May 5, 1817; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in Greenfield, Ind.; member of the State house of representatives in 1845; delegate to the Buffalo Free-Soil Convention in 1848; elec...
