Garrison makes his now-famous statement: “I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as…
Category: <span>1831</span>
“ The south may reasonably be alarmed at the circulation of Mr. Walker’s Appeal; for a better promotion of insurrection was never sent forth to an oppressed people. In a…
While commenting on the truth that “there is an effort to inflame the minds of the working classes against the more opulent”, and concerned that there be no violence, he…
Lists 24 “TRUISMS”, of which here is a sampling: “All men are born equal, and entitled to protection, excepting those whose skins are black and hair wooly…..and their decendants”. “If…
G deprecates the spirit of vengeance in Walker, “Nevertheless, it is not for the American people as a nation, to denounce it as bloody or monstrous. Mr. Walker but pays…
A letter from “A Man of Color”. with no namer, offers encouragement. Here are excerpts: “I see before you a mountain over which you have to travel, steep and dark,…
A letter to the editor, from “Leo”, from Philadelphia, indicates opposition to the Appeal, because he does not believe Walker wrote it, not because he is a man of color,…
An article from the Greensborough (N. C.) Patriot – In reference to Walker’s pamphlet urges its suppression, but says, “we do not believe that it contains all that deep damnation that has been…
A letter to the Editor, from “W” makes a strong statement that the conditions of the working class merit a dedication to change as much as the condition of the…
From a Colored Philadelphian, Feb 3, 1831 “I would ask some of our pretended white friends , and members of the American Colonization Society, why are they so interested in…
“Prejudice may be compared to a misty morning in October . A man goes forth to an eminence, and sees at the summit of a neighboring hill, a figure of…
Garrison recites some of the History of Slavery in Mass, , citing the 4th volume of Collections of Mass Historical Society….including the visit of John Josselyn, 1638, lodging at the…
Refers to attempt in 1767 by legislature to “discourage the slave trade”; both houses could not concur, and it failed to pass. A similar attempt failed in 1774. Refers to…
Anti-Colonization Meeting — Feb 15th at the school house … Robert Roberts is Chairman, James Barbadoes, Samuel Snowden, Hosea Easton, John Hilton, Thomas Dalton, Thomas Cole are prominently mentioned.
In answer to a query about harmony between black and white citizens, there is a discussion about Prince Hall Masons. A “white gentleman of craft and good nature” is …
Reference to discussions of Walker, includes something from “the pen of a gentleman of talents whose opinion we solicited of his criticism.” G adds his own notes to this gentleman’s…
“Mr. Russwurm’s character, as an intelligent and moral man, has never been impeached by us. If his vanity had not been superior to his judgment, and his love of distinction…
“V” quotes from Walker, and comments on specific arguments Walker makes. Here are some excerpts from “V”: “Well done, David Walker! I like your spirit, for it will work out…
Considerable more discussion of Colonization, with a letter “correcting” Garrison’s comments on the circumstances of Russworm’s conversion to the Society, to which G makes a pointed response.
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…
Another article from “V”, titled, Walker’s Appeal No. 3, fills the entire first page and concludes on the second. It includes long quotes from the Appeal, and comments such as…
– records a May 6th meeting of the General Colored Association. Names mentioned as in attendance include: Dalton, Nell, Barbadoes, Easton, Pitts, Snowden.
A Short Address to Females of Color, comes from Anna Elizabeth, dated June 11, from Philadelphia: writer calls for the 4th of July to be set apart as a day…
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…
An item from the N. E. Baptist Register, titled Religion Among the Poor: here is an affirmation of the fidelity of poor people to the religion of Jesus Christ. “The…
Includes LINES, composed by unnamed female for The Liberator …. Here are some of the “lines” from this poem: How can you eat, how can you drink, How wear your…
By a Colored Lady from Middletown, July 29, 1831 “……I am induced to write a few words of encouragement to us as a people….”
Here are extensive quotes from Editors , commenting on the Turner rebellion. Comments based on the N.Y. Journal of Commerce, gain the rebuke of G; quoting and embellishing words from…
A large article headed as A VOICE FROM ENGLAND! It is about the American Colonization Society … Liberia Contains a description of the ACS and its settlement in Liberia, then…
Minutes and Proceedings of the First Annual Convention of the People of Color, Philadelphia, June, 1831
From the National Journal FREE MASONRY AMONG THE BLACKS Addressed, “Dear Sir”,and signed only “A.B.” “If there was to be devised a scheme for organizing and preparing the Southern blacks…