With the title above, the article begins with, “Dear Sir”, and is signed only, “A Citizen of the World” Here are excerpts: “ To you , who have taken of…
Category: <span>1835</span>
Lane Seminary Important Anti-Slavery Document Full exposure of the gagging system Statement of the reasons which have induced the students of Lane Seminary to dissolve their connection with that institution.…
Refers to three letters from Smith, addressed to Rev. Leonard Bacon, New Haven. G indicates that the first vindicates the doctrine of immediatism, the second both condemns and praises the…
Remarks by Mr. Dickson, of New York on the presentation of petitions for the Abolition of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the District of Columbia, and discussions in House of…
A Notice dated Feb., 25, Boston, from David Child and S.E.Sewall, for the Trustees, of the opening of Noyes Academy, for “youth of good character, without distinction of color”. Announces…
Here are letters received from people who have heard George Thompson, one who comments that Thompson has lectured nine times in one week! High praise for Thompson’s witness through all.
A long letter, dated March 23, from Andover Seminary, addressed to Garrison, and signed “Quisquis”, includes: “Abolitionists were often such questions as these: ‘Why can you not agree to form…
An article from the N.Y. Courier & Enquirer, titled “Shall the Government be Preserved, or the Abolitionists Have Their Will” — a strong critique, ending with words which include: “….do…
An unsigned letter from Freedom Hall, Virginia, April 20, includes a letter from a “friend, a citizen of the state of Georgia”, invites an answer …. There is no answer…
Notices from the Boston Commercial Gazette, the New York Times, and the N.Y. Courier & Enquirer, all commend the action of the Mayor and Alderman of Boston, for unanimously refusing…
A call for Abolitionists to join national Anti-Slavery Fast Day.
From Boston Chronicle & Reformer : On O’Connell: “This is the not the first time this brawling demagogue has spouted forth his foul-mouthed calumnies upon our blessed land……” Then a…
Three Selectmen of the town of Canaan deny a published statement that the citizens of the town support the school. Then follows an account of the removal of the school.…
Here also is a long letter from WLG to Harrison Gray Otis, responding to a speech Otis has made against abolitionists.
Two Epistles appear, with warnings of danger for Garrison: The first professes to be from a Bostonian, calls the Editor a damned rascal, warns that the paper is doomed, and…
Excerpt from the Richmond Enquirer. This appears in the section of the paper, titled, Refuge of Oppression, a section which had previously been named, Slavery Record, And contains proslavery views:…
Includes a long piece by “Hancock”, stating that the Mayor had in fact been a “co-operator with that ruffian mob.”, very critical of the Mayor. Also includes items for local…
The account is told in several books, much as told here. There is an account from the Boston Daily Advocate, and one from C.C. Burleigh, and other shorter comments. There…
The introduction to the piece gives a summary of the some of the issues which Garrison sees raised by the mob action: “Triumph of Mobocracy in Boston — Prostration of…
Under the Refuge of Oppression section, comments from other parts of the country, including one which insists that G incites such mob action in order to gain sympathy for his…
Under the Refuge of Oppression column, is a notice from the American Baptist: The Baptist General Tract Society, noting that “one of our traveling agents has been active in promoting…