Gamaliel Bailey

Gamaliel Bailey (December 3, 1807 – June 5, 1859) was an American physician who left that career to become an abolitionist journalist, editor, and publisher, working primarily in Cincinnati, and Washington, D.C. Anti-abolitionist mobs attacked his offices in both cities during the 1840s.

Born and raised in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey, in 1807, Bailey moved with his family to Philadelphia at the age of nine.

[2] In 1836, Bailey joined James G. Birney in the editorial control of The Philanthropist, the official newspaper of the Ohio Anti-Slavery Society.

He directed the paper in publishing anti-slavery articles until 1847, in spite of threats and acts of violence — the printing office of The Philanthropist was wrecked three times by pro-slavery mobs.

[2] In December 1854, Bailey helped to persuade Montgomery Blair to represent Dred Scott in his Supreme Court case pro bono, by agreeing to underwrite his expenses.