Lindley Murray Moore

Lindley Moore (May 31, 1788 – August 14, 1871), was a Canadian-American abolitionist, educator, and farmer. With Frederick Douglass, he coordinated travel plans on the Underground Railroad and they gave speeches at anti-slavery assemblies. Moore worked with Hiram Wilson to identify and make education available for formerly enslaved people who had made it across the United States-Canadian border.

Moore operated private schools in the New York City area and was a superintendent and a teacher at Haverford College. In Rochester, New York, he operated a 170-acre farm in the 1830s and then returned to teaching. His wife, Abigail Mott Moore was the niece of Lucretia Mott.

Early life Lindley Murray Moore was born May 31, 1788, in Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada into a Quaker family. named him after his friend Lindley Murray.

Before Lindley's birth, Samuel Moore, his wife, and their children had lived in the United States. During the American Revolutionary War, the family became concerned about being attacked by American soldiers and left their New Jersey home for New York City. From there, they moved to Nova Scotia.

After living and working in the New York City area, the Moores moved to Rochester, New York in 1830. Moore and his wife were members of the Orthodox Farmington Quarterly Meeting by November 1836. In addition to his anti-slavery efforts, Moore was vice-president of the Rochester Temperance Society. Moore delivered a speech entitled Autographs for Freedom at the Independence Day celebration of 1852 in Rochester, New York. Like other instances, Moore shared the stage with Frederick Douglass, whose topic was What to the slave is the Fourth of July?

Underground Railroad Moore helped Madison Washington by concealing him during his flight for freedom, as did Hiram Wilson. Moore identified formerly enslaved people (in Upper Canada) who were interested in obtaining education and Rev. Hiram Wilson provided the funding.

Later years and death Abigail died on September 4, 1846, of tuberculosis at her home in Rochester, New York. About 1850, Moore retired. He lived with his son, Edward Mott Moore in Rochester, At the time of his death, he also had a daughter, Ann M. Haines of Buffalo, New York.