relations death_date death_place children birth_place parents birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation
sarah -lrb- sister -rrb- cecilia remond putnam -lrb- sister -rrb- marchita parker remond -lrb- sister -rrb- remond -lrb- sister -rrb- caroline remond putnam 22 december 1873 boston , massachusetts , u.s. amy phillips remond albert ernest remond matilda remond charles lenox remond , jr. wendell salem , massachusetts , u.s. john -rrb- remond -lrb- father -rrb- nancy lenox -lrb- mother 01 february 1810 amy matilda william cassey elizabeth magee charles lenox remond2-crop . jpg charles lenox remond
 charles lenox remond activist , lecturer
charles lenox remond

charles lenox remond -lrb- february 1 , 1810 -- december 22 , 1873 -rrb- was an american orator , activist and abolitionist based in massachusetts .
he lectured against slavery across the northeast , and in the british isles on an 1840 tour with william lloyd garrison .
during the american civil war , he recruited blacks for the united states colored troops , helping staff the first two units sent from massachusetts .
from a large family of african-american entrepreneurs , he was the brother of sarah parker remond , also a lecturer against slavery .
