William Dawes (abolitionist)

William Dawes was a 19th-century abolitionist who worked at Oberlin College.

Dawes and John Keep toured England in 1839 and 1840 gathering funds for Oberlin College in Ohio.

[2] John Keep and William Dawes both undertook a fund raising mission in England in 1839 and 1840 to raise funds from sympathetic abolitionists.

[3] Both John Keep and Dawes are credited with helping to start the collection of African Americana at Oberlin College which inspired other writers.

[4] A house occupied by someone of the same name was in Hudson, Ohio in the 1830s supporting the route for escaping slaves.