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Eunice Davis
1800–1901
United States
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Eunice Russ Ames Davis (October 22, 1800 – 1901) was an American abolitionist and one of the founding members of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society. In 1896, The New York Times named her the "oldest living female abolitionist in the world". She was one of the first known black women to join the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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