Susan Garrison

Caesar Robbins’ daughter
c.1780 – 1841, ~61 yrs

FOUNDING ANTISLAVERY SOCIETY MEMBER
Susan Garrison was a charter member of the Concord Female Antislavery Society (CFAS). In 1837, she hosted the second CFAS meeting in her home. Susan is the only woman of color listed in existing CFAS records.

SHARING SPACE
Susan and her husband Jack lived in the east side of the house from 1823–1837 with four of their surviving children. Susan’s brother Peter Robbins and his family occupied the west side of the house.

ANTISLAVERY ACTIVIST
As the daughter and wife of previously enslaved men, Susan signed petitions against slavery, the slave trade, the annexation of Texas, and the removal of the Cherokees from their homeland in the southeastern United States. She likely helped found the First African Baptist Church in Boston. Susan passed this legacy of activism on to her children.

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