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Alexander Milton Ross

Alexander Milton Ross (December 13, 1832 – October 27, 1897) was a Canadian botanist, naturalist, physician, abolitionist and anti-vaccination activist. He is best known as an agent for the secret Underground Railroad slave escape network, known in that organization and among slaves as "The Birdman" for his preferred cover story as an ornithologist.

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• ▸Cinereous tinamou
• ▸Curcuma glauca
• ▸Clermontia hawaiiensis

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