Amelia Piper (c. 1796–1856) was a former slave and abolitionist, who organized anti-slavery fairs, was a manager of the New Bedford Female Union Society, and was a fundraiser for the abolition of slavery.

Generations of the Piper family worked for William Rotch Rodman as ship workers, domestics, and farm hands.

[6] Philip, born about 1820,[7] worked on the Rebecca Simms in 1839,[8] when he lived at 87 S. Sixth Street,[8] the family home of William and Amelia.

[4] Married to Jane Gibson,[7] Philip and his wife had a daughter Elizabeth Piper Ensley,[9] who was a civil rights advocate, suffragette, and educator.

Amelia and William also had a child named Augustus[13] and a daughter, Rebecca G. Piper, born about 1839 who married Moses Olmstead on February 23, 1871.

[15] [We meet to] ply our needles and fingers, to talk over the wrongs of our countrymen and women in chains, and pray that the time will soon come when every yoke shall be broken—when all oppression, whether it be southern slavery or northern prejudice, shall cease in our land and the world.On January 1, 1840, Piper organized one of the first anti-slavery fairs in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

The money was made by selling baked goods, handmade items, and autographs of noted women and men.