Lemuel
Americannoun
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Black abolitionists such as James Forten and Lemuel Haynes almost immediately began using the Declaration’s stirring language as a cudgel against slavery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
This relatively obscure novel by the author of “The Day of the Locust” tells the story of Lemuel Pitkin, a Vermonter who loses his house to foreclosure.
From Salon • May 17, 2025
Interim Police Chief Lemuel Moore said during a news conference that he would decide in the coming weeks how the officers could be disciplined, KSN-TV reported.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2022
The show was scheduled to be presented in 1955, but the producer, Lemuel Ayers, died before he had completed raising the money for it, and the production came to a halt.
From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2021
For more than an hour, Minister Lemuel lectured about Elijah Muhammad’s teachings.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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