His brother was Theodore Dwight Weld, one of the most important abolitionists of his era.
When the school's board of directors, including president Lyman Beecher, prohibited them from discussing slavery, about 80% of the students left Lane seminary, most of these enrolling at the new Oberlin Collegiate Institute (later renamed Oberlin College).
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His brother Ezra Greenleaf Weld, a famous daguerreotype photographer, was also involved with abolitionism.
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Theodore Dwight Weld (November 23, 1803 – February 3, 1895), was one of the leading architects of the American abolitionist movement during its formative years, from 1830 through 1844.
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