Samuel Fessenden (16 July 1784 Fryeburg, Maine – 13 March 1869 near Portland, Maine) was an American abolitionist and Massachusetts state legislator. (At this time, Maine was a district of Massachusetts.)
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“Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept, until they had no more strength to weep.”
—Bible: Hebrew, 1 Samuel 30:4.
Upon discovering their families had been taken prisoner.