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In March 1882, author and playwright Oscar Wilde visited San Francisco to deliver two lectures on
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Born a Quaker in North Carolina, Zachariah Taylor Shugart (1805-1881) spent most of his life in the
Born a Quaker in North Carolina, Zachariah Taylor Shugart (1805-1881) spent most of his life in the Midwest, by way of Indiana, Michigan, and Iowa, according to Rick Stattler, director of the Books and Manuscripts department at Swann Galleries. A known and active participant in the Underground Railroad and abolitionist causes, it is reported that Shugart led more than 1,500 escaped slaves
