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A fact from Richard Allen (abolitionist) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 February 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Richard Allen, a Dublin draper, raised £20,000 for Irish famine relief efforts by writing letters to America?
