Were there abolitionist slave-owners in the US?

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I was wondering if there was a sort of "abolitionist Schindler" - a white man of means who purchased slaves to protect them. I know there were cases of free blacks doing this, but I was wondering if it ever existed on a large scale (like Schindler).

Jan_van_Bergen

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