Under the Refuge of Oppression column, there is a note from the Harrisburg Keystone, with a warning about a “whole-hog abolitionist and amalgamationist, named Flowers,” who is lecturing “farmers of…
Category: <span>1841</span>
Notice of action by the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, in London, which takes a strong action to “enter a solemn protest against the recognition of the independence of Texas…
An article signed by James Birney, E. Wright, Jr. and Henry B. Stanton, with a statement opposing the creation of a third political party. It deprecates “the formation of a…
In a long letter to Channing, here Smith says, “…. there are but two courses for abolitionists in the matter of voting. One of these is to refrain from the…
Here is a notice, written by Benjamin Taylor, of a colored boy, 14, who left the shop where he worked, in Boston, on Monday morning, and has not been heard…
Notice of the party meeting, deferred until February, hoping for the largest “anti-slavery meeting ever assembled in Boston.
From the Opelousas, La., Gazette, is the story of three slaves who were executed for the murder of John Moore, their overseer. It seems that the overseer had found whiskey…
Under Refuge of Oppression there is an article from the Connecticut Observer, under the title, Support for Ministers of the Gospel. The writer contends that even though a Minister does…
A letter from Gerrit Smith to William Goodell, recounts some of the divisions among abolitionists, and ends with a plea for unity. “… what say you to a proposition for…
With a title, Rebuke of the Eastern Railroad Company, for their treatment of Colored Passengers, there is a report here of a debate in the House, relative to a bill…
Here is an odd item, from the Herald of Freedom. It says that the Massachusetts Abolitionist has “turned into the ‘Free American’. This sounds a little more like it. The…
A letter from George Bradburn, of Nantucket. He is the legislator who wanted to rebuke the Eastern Railroad Company. Now he tells of similar discriminatory practice on the Boston and…
Under Refuge of Oppression, here is an item The Matter Understood, from the Louisville Adv., quoting the Arkansas Gazette in response to “abolition avowals” of the Louisville Journal. There is…
Here is an item claiming that there are now sixty-one students who are abolitionists. They are excluding slaveholders from communion, refusing donations from them for missionary purposes.
Much praise given to her, and notes that she has followed to the grave one to whom she had pledged her love, and to whom she expected to be wed.
Here is announcement of a Third Party Convention to be held in New York…”we are sorry to state the fact. In order to refresh the memories of those who may…
Under Refuge of Oppression from the New York Herald. Referring to the American Anti-Slavery Society, the comment is: “It was one of the most amusing, lamentable, laughable, ridiculous, disgusting, and jumbled affairs that…
“Any person having a copy of the above work to dispose of, will incur a favor by calling at 25 Cornhill.”
Here is a brief report of a Meeting of Colored Citizens, in the third Christian Church, New Bedford, addressed by Garnet, “who acquitted himself in an eloquent, forcible, and argumentative…
A three-line note under the title, Puzzled: “The New York Journal of Commerce says, ‘A Colonization Convention opened its sittings in Baltimore on Thursday last. What is the precise object…
Here under the title, Favorable Prospects is a note that the London Anti-Slavery Reporter. I t says that a movement in favor of abolition has been made in Sweden. It…
A note from the Lancaster (PA) Intelligencer tells of three men, two of whom were police officers, who arrested a female fugitive slave owned in Maryland. They found her in…
An item from the Lynn Record is titled, ‘Northern Slavery’, and in it there is a rebuke of the argument which claims that poor laborers of the North are worse…
Here is the story of Henry Ludlam, of Richmond, VA., who came to Boston, with a hired slave, Lucy Faggin, on contract with her owner for one year. They were…
From the Boston Post comes the story that the bark, Kazan, arrived from Mobile, with a slave who had stowed away on board without the knowledge of the crew. The…
Here is an article, with the stories of accidents caused by explosives and the premature discharge of a cannon, in a variety of places, including Ware, MA., Westville, Pawtucket, RI…
Here, from the London Christian Pioneer, is the story of Mott’s appearance at the annual meeting of the Glasgow Emancipation Society. She is characterized with these words:”…. The eloquent, pure-minded,…
A letter to Garrison, from Noah Jackman, a minister simply identified as from Newbury, Belleville. It tells of his decision to “come out and be separate, — to hold no…
From the Salem Register, with a heading, Love’s Labor Lost, there is the story of a habeaus corpus sued out under the name of Joshua Upham, of Salem. The case…
A notice from the Christian Reflector, tells of action taken by the Baptist Church in Royalston Centre, Mass. The resolution, passed by the church, names slavery as “a great moral…
Under a title, Life in New Orleans, there is a listing of six advertisements which offer rewards varying from $5 to $100, from slaveholders, for the return of slaves who…
Here is the story of Henry. H. White, sentenced for ten years in January, 1837, on the charge of being an accessory (his brother being the principal, and acquitted), charged…
With high praise notes the graduation of Thomas Paul, son of the late Rev. Thomas Paul. “He is now in Boston, anxious to employ his talents and educational attainments in…
Under Refuge of Oppression, the record of a public meeting in Jefferson County, Mississippi. Here is an assertion that “the citizens of the State of Mississippi have the constitutional right…
Here is an item from the Congregational Journal, a letter signed by T. P. Beach, dated Aug 2, 1841, in Campton (no state) …. Beach has stepped down from the…
Records her presence and participation. “Among those who cheered the meeting with their presence were two of those of the rejected delegates to the pseudo ‘world’s convention”, Lucretia Mott and…
These “wafers” are designed for sealing letters, and are available at 25 Cornhill. “They constitute a valuable addition to the means of usefulness already possessed by abolitionists. Each sheet contains…
An item from the N.Y. Herald, says that terrible practice of ‘lynch law’ is spreading in the South. “Men are now lynched by the dozens, instead of singly; and their…
Here are two columns listing the anti-slavery mottoes on the Wafers Samples: “Love God above and , and thy neighbor as thyself, and slavery would disappear from the earth.” “The…
“Nearly twenty colored men lost their votes in one ward, because their names were left off the voting lists. So with many white men. Let every voter call at 32…