Rev. Stephen Smith (1797–1873) was an African American businessman, philanthropist, preacher, real estate developer, and abolitionist. He had lived in Pennsylvania in the 19th-century and contributed large amounts of his wealth in the effort to abolish slavery. Smith had been an agent of the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia. He co-founded and owned "Smith, Whipper & Co." a lumber business in Columbia, Pennsylvania; and later helped found the "Stephen Smith Home for the Aged".
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1797 Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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1873 (aged 75) U.S.
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