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…
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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 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 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…
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…
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 11, 1842 A letter from Adams, explains why he cannot become defender of Latimer, but offers his counsel to any who defend him.
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 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 18, 1842 Here is a letter from Douglass, telling of a gathering in New Bedford, and commenting on the Latimer case.
December 2, 1842 A long article commenting on the legal case surrounding Latimer.
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 23, 1842 Record of another meeting in Waltham, urging action against fugitive slave law.
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…