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Abolitionist Eli Thayer was born in Mendon, Massachusetts
Eli Thayer (June 11, 1819 – April 15, 1899) was a prominent antislavery politician who established the town of Ceredo.Thayer was born in Mendon, Massachusetts, and graduated from Brown University. Early in his career, he moved to Worcester, Massac...
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