A long article, by the above title, ends on the second page, with these words: “What Must Be Done? … There are three modes in which slavery can be overthrown:…
Category: <span>1832</span>
“As a people, we of New England, are lamentably ignorant of the subject of slavery, but even our ignorance is exceeded by our apathy. When we hear of the cruel…
There is a statement about the qualities of the lady who conducts this Department, and several paragraphs from her pen, but without her name: Our Own Sex “We have not…
Evidently the letter is in response to a statement by Adams in which he had said that he could “..give no countenance or support’ to petitions which had been presented…
Here are portions of a letter by Thomas Jefferson, which was read in the Virginia Legislature by T. J. Randolph, grandson of Jefferson, who claimed that the letter “furnished new evidence…
The author of the “reverie” is not given, but the piece had evidently been previously rejected for inclusion in the Christian Register, so now the editor includes it. The introduction…
“The following is an extract from the speech of Mr. T. Marshall of Fauqier County, in the Legislature of Virginia in the last session: ‘Slavery is ruinous to the whites …
At the bottom of the page, without comment, attribution, or signature: “The whole system of slavery is essentially and radically bad—injustice and oppression are its fundamental principles; whatever lenity may…
In a long section “Tour of the Editor” in his visit to Providence, Garrison comments on seeing Moses Brown: “ I made a short visit to the venerable Moses Brown,…
An Executor’s notice of sale of real estate, signed by Primus Hall, Executor, Oct 30. Daniel Hersey, Auctioneer Land measurements are given .. land on a court leading from Belknap…
Notice of meeting of GCA to be held on Nov 28th to consider petitioning Congress to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia … signed by Thomas Dalton, President, and…
“The Proclamation is very long and cannot fail to produce an extraordinary sensation throughout the land …” Then this brief extract: I consider then the power to annul a law…
May 19, 1832 An article from the Vermont Chronicler, indicates that in Mexico, “immediately upon declaration of independence, a law was passed by the general government for the abolition of…
January 7, 1832 In a section of Correspondence, the Editor calls attention to “the reward so daringly offered by the Senate of Georgia for our abduction, is thus noticed by…