Category: <span>Abolition Movement</span>

Here is an appeal for other newspapers to aid in distributing news of the anti-slavery movement. “Editors of newspapers, who are friendly to the cause of man, are requested to…

1831 Abolition Movement

There are now 23 agents listed in various locations.  By the end of August there were 25, and by mid-September, 27 , including Cincinnati, and Port-au-Prince.  By early 1832 agents…

1831 Abolition Movement

May 13, 1864 Here is a Joint resolution for amending the Constitution, as it passed the Senate.  There were six negative votes.  “It is believed that the requisite two-thirds vote…

1864 Abolition Movement

February 3, 1865 “It is with devout thanksgiving to God, and emotions of joy which no language can express, that we announce to our readers the passage through the U.S.…

1865 Abolition Movement Thirteenth Amendment

1865 Abolition Movement Anti-Slavery Organizations Phillips, Wendell Thirteenth Amendment