August 14, 1840
Account of an August 3rd gathering at the Belknap Street Church. “Owing to the insufficiency of the building to accommodate all who would have gladly been present, but few, save the colored citizens, attended; but there was no exclusiveness in the celebration. There was not house room, but there was heart room, as was proved by the graceful courtesy by which strangers of all complexion were welcomed. White men would have done well to take a lesson in the humanities of this congregation.”
Speakers include Nell, Hilton, Weeden.
January 1, 1841
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 as a most immoral and impolitic act”
March 17, 1843
Commenting on a copy of the Third Annual Report of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, here is the following: “Referring to the treachery of the United States, France, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and other powers, in relation to this trade, the inquiry is made in the Report ____ ‘What lies at the root of all this hostility, opposition, and tergiversation, on the part of the kingdoms and the republics, both in the Old and the New world, in reference to the benevolent and generous exertions of Great Britain to destroy this evil?’ The committee reply is one word —- Slavery! And this reply, brief as it is, contains a volume of truth, nay, the whole truth.”
June 19, 1846
The Executive Committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society, responds to an invitation from the Glasgow Emancipation Society, asking Garrison to visit that country on an “anti-slavery mission”. The Committee resolves that Garrison go as its representative, and urges contributions to a fund to make the mission possible.
July 24, 1846
An article about Garrison’s trip, tells of the numerous people who were at the wharf to bid him well. It also calls attention to the fact that, during his absence, he has entrusted the main charge of the newspaper to Edmund Quincy and Charles K. Whipple, who will be assisted by Maria Chapman and Wendell Phillips.
There is also a notice, signed by Coffin Pitts, and Benjamin Weeden, of a Crowded Meeting of the Colored Population of Boston, who bid Garrison farewell during a meeting at the Baptist Church, Belknap St. There is an address by John T. Hilton.
