The meeting was held on Dec 22, 1837, at Marlboro Chapel and is reported here at length. Speeches by A.A. Phelps, and Wendell Phillips, and Garrison are included. Garrison, in…
Category: <span>1838</span>
Under Refuge of Oppression, there is a letter from the Southern Christian Advocate, which says of the Lovejoy incident:….”…he has so suffered under a strong conviction in the public mind…
Report of a very full meeting of people at the Hall, Jan 25, meeting chaired by Francis Jackson. (The magazine at this time and for weeks before has contained a…
Jan 15, 1838, from the National Intelligencer, comes the report of an address by Robert Barnwell Rhett, to the people of Beaufort and Colleton Districts, upon the Subject of Abolition.…
An article here is a reminder that many issues of this period Liberator carry articles by Sarah Grimke
Resolutions adopted, include the following: “Resolved, that we view slavery as a civil and domestic institution, and one with which, as ministers of Christ, we have nothing to do, further…
Maria Chapman sends an article from the London Sun, which encourages women to “no longer remain satisfied in the circumscribed limits with which corrupt custom and a perverted application of…
A long letter to Garrison from a James Boyle, from Rome, Ashtabula Co. Ohio The letter supports Garrison in his divisions with some clergy over issues of the Sabbath, in…
“These societies have been formed in many places and are astonishing their friends with their success. Many little bands of female collectors are thus raising $50 to $100 a year,…
A list of 232 AA Societies, shown by Massachusetts Counties, and towns, with Pres., and Sec. names for each, and number of members in each
A small item appears, unsigned, and without comment: “Rabbi. Among the proud, full-blown doctors of divinity, who are found in bitter hostility to the abolition cause and its advocates, is…
An item from the Richmond Enquirer, titled, Preparations for Slaughter! Indicates that Gen Scott is to be dispatched to Cherokee country “to look down any opposition”, and that he is…
Here is a speech delivered by Lovejoy a few days before his death, at ” a great meeting of citizens of Alton”, The claim is that Lovejoy wrote down as…
Long articles here and responses to the Destruction of Pennsylvania Hall, Philadelphia. From the Pennsylvania Freeman, an item titled, The Voice of the People, says that “Almost every paper that…
An item titled Negro Suffrage indicates that the House of Representatives in Connecticut has recently voted by 164 to 33 not to recommend expunging the word “white” in the clause…
Under Refuge of Oppression column, and unsigned letter, dated May 17, 1838, from Philadelphia, give indication of the violent feelings about Pennsylvania Hall. It is called an edifice “sacred to…
Here is a piece taken from Martineau’s Retrospect of Western Travel
This issue is largely devoted to the speech. Some of the headings which highlight the speech include: Immediate Abolition Demanded, Sedition, Danger of Insurrection, The ‘Recreant American’, Who are Wild…
Here is an ad from a Free Labor Store, in Philadelphia, listing a supply of Free Labor Cotton goods, for sale.
Here is notice of the first annual meeting of this society in Nantucket, includes a list of Officers, a notice of resolutions adopted, and a collection of $20 sent to…
Addressed to the Abolitionists of Massachusetts, signed by Francis Jackson, here is a recommendation to abolitionists in relation to the “exercise of political privileges”. Here are pertinent excerpts: “There are…
Under “Miscellaneous”, here is a summary of a study of Garrison by L..N. Fowler, a distinguished Phrenologist, who examined Garrison. The article claims the study is one of striking accuracy…
The preamble and constitution of the Society is included, with names of people from Mass., Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania. An asterisk by several names indicates that…
Here is a call to a meeting, addressed to the Colored Citizens of Boston, asking them to attend a meeting to be held in the Infant Room of the Belknap…
John Williams, and John Williams Scott are the names of the fugitive slaves, and there is a description of their escape from their master, Samuel Ferguson.