July 11, 1856
The article tells of a special meeting of faculty and students, at which resolutions are passed condemning the attack on Sumner, in part, as “an outrage upon the liberty of every citizen of our land”. The resolutions commend the work of the Senator, and extend assurances of prayers for all the friends of freedom in Kansas.
May 2, 1851
An unnamed student, in an article from the N.H. Independent Democrat, writes to include a petition to the Mass. legislature asking that it take action to protect the personal liberty of those who are subject to the Fugitive Slave Law, and that it urge Congress to repeal the act. The petition includes the names of fifty-nine students who signed the petition, leaving only eleven of the student body who failed to do so.
April 10, 1840
Here us a letter from Wm. B. Stone, West Brookfield, claiming that ” A slaveholder from the District of Columbia is received to the full enjoyment of all of the privileges of the Seminary. He is there with his wife and doubtless is supported by the unrequited toil of his fellow men. Let a man steal a sheep and he would be forever excluded from that sacred Institution…..O how long will our theological professors and ministers wink at this heaven-provoking, soul-destroying, man-imbruting sin! What shall we call such an institution? Is it for or against slavery? Facts speak louder than words.