Alexander Ross (abolitionist)

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Alexander Ross (b. December 13, 1832 - October 27, 1897) was a Canadian abolitionist. He was born at Belleville, Upper Canada. Ross became a naturalist and physician. When he was 23 years old he decided upon an active career of running fugitives from the deep south to freedom in Canada. Ross made at least five trips to the United States' southern states. In this time he managed to play an important part in the escapes of 31 black people. His services in the abolition movement and during the American Civil War were so self-sacrificing that they gained him tributes from abolition leaders and from Abraham Lincoln. He died in Detroit, Michigan on October 27th 1897.