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*[http://innopac.noblenet.org/search/X?search=Salem+women%27s+heritage&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D Salem Women's Heritage Trail] by Bonnie Hurd Smith, p. 41-2 | *[http://innopac.noblenet.org/search/X?search=Salem+women%27s+heritage&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D Salem Women's Heritage Trail] by Bonnie Hurd Smith, p. 41-2 | ||
*[http://www.nps.gov/sama/historyculture/ugrr.htm African American History in Salem and Essex County] National Park Service Pamphlet (downloadable) | |||
Revision as of 12:39, 4 May 2011
John Remond ran a successful catering business on the ground floor of the Hamilton Hall in Salem. An immigrant from Curaca,in the Caribbean, he was politically active in the anti-slavery cause and school desegregation.
He began his career as a hairdresser. Later, with his wife's help, he became a caterer. He handled some of the most important fuctions in town, including the 200th anniversary dinner for Salem and a dinner for Pres. Andrew Jackson in 1833.
His daughter Sarah Parker Remond went on to become an internationally renowned antislavery lecturer.
His son Charles Lenox Remond was a gifted orator and was active in anti-slavery meetings.
See Also
- Salem Women's Heritage Trail by Bonnie Hurd Smith, p. 41-2
- African American History in Salem and Essex County National Park Service Pamphlet (downloadable)
