Life Span
to
Full name
Henry Bergh
Place of Birth
New York, NY
Burial Place
Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
Family
Christian Bergh (father), Elizabeth Ivers Bergh (mother), Catherine Mathilda Taylor (wife)
Education
Columbia (King’s College)
Occupation
Diplomat
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Other Affiliations
Other
Other Affiliation
Animal Cruelty (Founder American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, April 1866)
Government
Lincoln Administration (1861-65)
Diplomat
Date Event
In New York City, Henry Bergh gives a public speech before leading citizens on animal rights
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is chartered in the New York Legislature
The New York Legislature passes its first animal anti-cruelty law, to be enforced by the ASPCA
How to Cite This Page: "Bergh, Henry," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/44924.