Death of Wm. Ellery Channing Intelligence has been received in this city of the decease of this distinguished writer, philanthropist and divine, at Bennington, Vermont, on Sunday afternoon last, after…
Category: <span>1842</span>
What a noble sentence is this of Alexander Hamilton’s. It is from a volume of his writings just published: ‘The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for…
New Movement — It appears by a communication in the Boston Liberator, that an association of women has been formed in Essex County, in this State, for the benevolent purpose…
An Unfair Procedure Some dozen years or more ago, John G.Whittier wrote some highly encomiastic lines on Henry Clay, as a patriot and statesman: since which, his eyes have been…
Something of a Row — The following is an extract of a letter received from Macon, dated on the 1st inst. The cause, if any, for this outrageous proceeding, is…
ANTI-SLAVERY MEETING in the OLD CRADLE OF LIBERTY !! A meeting of the CITIZENS OF BOSTON AND VICINITY will be held THIS DAY, (Friday, January 28) in FANEUIL HALL, at…
This Association shall be the North Abington Church Anti-Slavery Society. Officers elected: Rev. Willard Pierce, ,President; Dea. Samuel Wales, Vice President; Dea. James Ford, Secretary; Executive Committee: Mr. Solomon Ford,…
December 23, 1842 Record of another meeting in Waltham, urging action against fugitive slave law.
December 9. 1842 Here are words from James Gray, proclaimed owner of Latimer, also accounts of meetings in Abington and Dedham, resolving for passage of state personal liberty laws.
December 2, 1842 A long article commenting on the legal case surrounding Latimer.
November 18, 1842 Here is a letter from Douglass, telling of a gathering in New Bedford, and commenting on the Latimer case.
November 11, 1842 From the New England (Catholic) Reporter, an article is titled, “The Liberator, alias, the Disorganizer” It names the Liberator “that mighty advocate for the slave, whose puissant…
November 11, 1842 Here is an account of the Faneuil Hall meeting, in which it becomes clear that the “darkey” who had not been “listened to” was Lenox Remond.
November 11, 1842 A letter from Adams, explains why he cannot become defender of Latimer, but offers his counsel to any who defend him.
November 4, 1842 From Boston Daily Bee, is an account of the Faneuil Hall meeting. It includes a statement about a “darkey” who was not listened to, and then Phillips…
November 4, 1842 Here are long accounts of the Faneuil Hall meeting, speeches made, of strong controversy, discussion on all sides, in which the Latimer case is lifted in the…
October 28, 1842 Latimer, a fugitive slave from Norfolk, Va., was pursued by his owner, James Gray, who had him arrested on a charge of larceny. A writ of habeas…
October 28, 1842 One more sign of hope, one more church takes an ant-slavery position. Notice of a regular church meeting, in Millbury (probably Mass), where the Baptist Church enacts…
October 21, 1842 “The Exciting Subject — A letter from the editor of the Emancipator, written at Bangor, Maine., tells of the following incident: The Rev. Dr. Hawes, of Hartford,…
October 14, 1842 An item from the Albany Tocsin “…. Tell the slaveholders that we passed twenty-six prime slaves to the land of freedom last week, and several more this…
October 14, 1842 Here is an item from the Emancipator, titled, Daniel Webster and the ‘Great Compromiser’. “….Daniel Webster went down to Alexandria and Richmond, and bowed his massive, Herculean…
October 7, 1842 Death of the “distinquished writer, philanthropist, and divine, in Bennington, Vermont, on Sunday afternoon, after a short illness.”
October 7, 1842 An item from New Bedford, Sept 26, signed by Henry Hurd, describes an incident of discrimination against Mr. Richard Johnson and daughter, at “the depot of the…
September 30, 1842 “The cotton crop of Texas is estimated, for the present year, at about eighty thousand bales.”
September 30, 1842 “The dome of the State House of Boston was visited in 1841 by 43,478 persons. During the present year, since March, by 24,002.”
September 30, 1842 Here is a long report of a discussion at a recent meeting of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The issue regards the policy of…
September 30, 1842 From the Hartford Charter Oak, there is an article which includes a recounting of a discussion between “A Northern Man and a Southern Trader” at the close…
September 23, 1842 Constituents of Adams, in the twelfth district, meet in Braintree, and welcome Adams,after completion of the longest Congressional system known to him, for the ten years he…
September 16, 1842 Here is a record of an Essex County Conference, August 18, held in Andover. “Reports were listened to from societies in Boston, Cambridge, Danvers, Andover, Reading, Haverhill,…
September 16, 1842 An item from the Philadelphia Ledger, titled, Can’t it be Corrected? “It is a very great injury to the black population of the city, that so many…
September 9, 1842 Here Garrison responds to the editor of the Zion’s Herald. Garrison has been criticized for “infidelity” as he maintains that all days are equally sacred. Garrison strongly…
September’s 2, 1842 From an “Observer”, Canandaigua Lake, August, 1842 . Very critical review of Kelley’s attacks on the Liberty Party. “Abby’s course may do much harm to the cause…
August 26, 1842 From the Nantucket Inquirer, a record of several outbreaks against people assembled in an Anti-Slavery Convention. These include the use of insulting and abusive language, the throwing…
August 26, 1842 Here is an essay on the means of removing prejudice against color, by S. Linstant, of Paris. Garrison introduces it by citing the qualifications of its author,…
July 29, 1842 From the Liberty Standard, here is a statement against Clay’s candidacy for President, recently endorsed by the Whig Convention of Maine. Signed by A. Willey, it gives…
July 22, 1842 A brief note: “We understand that two or more of the mills at Lowell have been stopped, and that between two and three thousand factory girls are…
July 22, 1842 Here is a hymn, written by Garrison, A Hymn for the First of August, West India Emancipation: Here is only the first verse: “Lo! The bondage of…
July 15, 1842 Here is an “Interesting Letter from England”, signed only W.H.Ashurst, from Musell Hill, Hornsey, April 30, 1842 The letter makes a number of points: “We are struggling…
July 8, 1842 The Washington correspondent of the N.Y. American, a former Colonization agent, is quoted here at length, telling of his disillusionment and change on mind. Signed simply, R.M.T.H
July 1, 1842 From the Natchez Free Trader comes the story of two slaves burned alive because of a series of dreadful outrages they have allegedly perpetrated. The account is…
June 24, 1842 Here is a lengthy excerpt from Channing’s, The Duty of the Free States, with a clear call to maintain the Union
June 10, 1842 An item from the Washington Globe, warning that the Massachusetts Legislature “are resolved to make black and white the same”….. It worries that because there is an…
June 3, 1842 Here are resolutions passed by a large gathering of colored citizens at the Infant School Room, May 28th, 1842 . The Resolutions petition the Legislature to “prohibit…
June 3, 1842 An article from the N.Y. Evangelist, is a strong statement in support of the American Union….. “THE AMERICAN UNION MUST AND WILL BE PRESERVED, , nay more…
May 20, 1842 A note saying that “one hundred and twenty Indians arrived at New Orleans on the 15th, from Florida, on their way to the far West.”
May 20, 1842 This item is titled, “Daring Judicial attempt to excite a Mob, and to suppress Freedom of Speech”, and is introduced as an “Extract from a Charge delivered…
May 13, 1842 From the Baptist Church of Christ, North Yarmouth, Maine, comes a strong statement that “slavery is a heinous sin”… “the church will not knowingly admit to its…
May 6, 1842 “A chattel, who has taken to itself wings and flown away from the land of whips and chains, is in immediate want of a situation as coachman…
April 29, 1842 A letter signed by H. C. Wright, dated April 15, from Philadelphia —- the writer claims that the sentiment which he expresses dominates in Pennsylvania. “It is…
April 22, 1842 Reference is made to the proceedings of the Baltimore Repeal Association, included in the Boston Pilot. The Baltimore group has declared that the Irish Address is “a…