Elizur Wright in Abolitionists
Elizur Wright (1804-1885) was an actuary—a.k.a. a statistician—on top of being a Yale graduate and a leading abolitionist in the American Anti-Slavery Society.
During the summer of 1835, he had to barricade his doors in New York City "with bars and planks an inch thick," for fear of the uncontrollable anti-abolitionist mobs.2
In 1839 he became editor of the Massachusetts Abolitionist beforebecoming a leading proponent of life insurance reform later in his life.