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Tappan   /tˈæpən/   Listen
Tappan

noun
1.
United States abolitionist (1786-1865).  Synonym: Arthur Tappan.



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"Tappan" Quotes from Famous Books



... the children's hour. (Chicken Little.) Blaisdell. Child life in tale and fable. (Chicken Little.) Darton. Wonder book of beasts. Lansing. Rhymes and stories. Norton. Heart of oak books, v. I. Scudder. Book of folk stories. Scudder. Children's book. Tappan. Folk stories and fables. ...
— Lists of Stories and Programs for Story Hours • Various

... Whittier, was deeply distressed and appealed to Henry Clay to secure the release of the "guiltless prisoner." This Clay would probably have done, but he was anticipated by another friend of Garrison's, Arthur Tappan, of New York, who sent the money to pay the fine, and the young agitator was free again, after an imprisonment of forty-nine days. He had not been idle while in prison, but had prepared a series of lectures on slavery, which he proceeded at ...
— American Men of Mind • Burton E. Stevenson



Words linked to "Tappan" :   abolitionist, Arthur Tappan, emancipationist



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