Birthdays
Alfred Horatio Belo
Turns 20 on this date
Amelia Jenks Bloomer
Turns 41 on this date
John Neff Coombs
Turns 36 on this date
John Gray Foster
Turns 36 on this date
Robert Frederick Hoke
Turns 22 on this date
Julia Ward Howe
Turns 40 on this date
Richard Watson Humphriss
Turns 23 on this date
George Washington Johnson
Turns 48 on this date
Edwin Gray Lee
Turns 23 on this date
Events
Documents
| Newspaper | (Jackson) Mississippian, “The Oberlin Slave Rescuers,” May 27, 1859 | 05/27/1859 |
| Newspaper | Boston (MA) Liberator, “Letter from the Hon. J. R. Giddings,” May 27, 1859 | 05/27/1859 |