January 3, 1845 A meeting held at which Garrison and others resolve to petition the legislature to “abolish capital punishment in this Commonwealth”. Includes the following: ” Resolved, That it…
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January 17, 1845 Here is an article recounting how the Synod of Kentucky (probably Presbyterian), has adopted resolutions which recommend “all masters to use efforts for the moral and religious…
January 31, 1845 Here is an Aug, 45 letter from Clarkson, addressed to “the Christian and well-disposed Citizens of the Northern States of America”. A letter encouraging all abolitionists, concluding…
February 7, 1845 Under the heading, Foreign Intelligence, a notice about a man who now confesses to a murder for which another was executed. “This is not the first time,…
February 14, 1845 Here is notice from Nantucket, of a meeting in the Town Hall to promote “abolition of caste in our public schools” It was resolved, “That the colored…
February 21, 1845 A long letter from Rogers, in Concord, N.H., dated Feb 1, 1845. It concerns the Herald of Freedom, its dissolution, and Roger’s dismay at Garrison’s failure to…
March 7, 1845 A notice that the State Senate has passed “the law asked by the friends of the colored people, in relation to public schools.”
March 7, 1845 The Judge sentences Fairbank to hard labor for a total of fifteen years, five years for each of three indictments against him. The three indictments include one…
March 7, 1845 This notice has appeared before, from John P.Coburn, informing that his clothing store has been moved, and is now located at “51 Cornhill and 24 Brattle Street”. …
March 28, 1845 A notice that Gov. Briggs has appointed Thursday, April 3rd, to be fast day. The editor makes fun of the day: “There is no more religion in…
April 4, 1845 Under the title, A Northern State with Southern Principles, here are extracts “from a Columbus, Georgia, paper, copied with high approval by the New Hampshire Gazette. Truly,…
April 18, 1845 Gray lists names, and qualities of five recently emancipated slaves, from Louisiana, who are now in Boston. They seek employment and homes. All are females, ages from…
May 2, 1845 “The Concerts given by these charming vocalists in this city,, at the Melodeon, on Monday and Wednesday evenings, were attended by a throng of admiring listeners, and…
May 2, 1845 From the Baltimore correspondent of the Atlas, comes a notice that Torrey, imprisoned, has been sick for a week past, “but is again at work”. He has…
May 9, 1845 Here is notice that the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass will soon be published, and includes here the Preface, written by Garrison. “The subject and…
June 13, 1845 From the Putney (Vermont) Perfectionist …. “Garrison is a bigot on the subject of slavery. Any deviation from his views of the morality of that and certain…
June 13, 1845 From the Providence Republican Herald, there is an unsigned letter to the Editor. “I have always been an advocate for the infliction of Capital Punishment for the crime…
June 20, 1845 “General Jackson expired at the Hermitage on Sunday, the 8th inst. It is said he retained to the last his senses and intellect unclouded; and in the…
June 27, 1845 Here is a report of a special meeting of the Primary School Committee, to consider “the petition of a number of colored citizens, praying that ‘separate schools…
July 4, 1845 Under Refuge of Oppression, there is an item, unsigned, source The Hudson N.Y. River Chronicle: “The great majority of our negroes are poor, ignorant, lazy, worthless wretches,…
July 11, 1845 From the New Lisbon (Ohio) Aurora. An account of a meeting in the Protestant Methodist Church, which had previously experienced “the awful flagellations of Abby Kelley’ inflicted…
July 11, 1845 IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS! ANNEXATION SETTLED “Both houses of the Texas Congress have declared unanimously for the annexation. “It is said that the prospect of the annexation of…
July 18, 1845 “We, the undersigned, hereby solemnly pledge ourselves not to countenance or aid the United States Government in any war which may be occasioned by the annexation of…
July 18, 1845 “We, the undersigned, hereby solemnly pledge ourselves not to countenance or aid the United States Government in any war which may be occasioned by the annexation of…
July 25, 1845 Here is an item telling of the movement of ten companies of the 3d U.S. Infantry, with 500 men, who “In a short time will be on…
August 8, 1845 Here is notice of an Indianapolis mob murdering a colored man on the 4th of July. The man had purchased his freedom in Kentucky, many years ago.…
August 8, 1845 Notice of the massacre of one thousand Arabs by the French
August 22, 1845 From the Granite Freeman; Tells of Washington’s slave, Ona Marie Judge, living in Greenland, N.H. and supported by the town of Rockingham. The writer is not sure…
August 29, 1845 Under Refuge of Oppression, there is an item from the Barnstable (Democratic!) Patriot The item is vitriolic in criticism of Jonathan Walker, and Mr. Loring Moody, of…
Sept 19, 1845 Here is an account of how Kelley, after venturing to speak in a Quaker Meeting, in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, having been cautioned several times, against speaking, was…
Sept 26, 1845 Citizens of St. Clair County, Illinois, pass a resolution, unanimously adopted, urging the President to purchase Cuba, “with the consent of the white people thereof”. “The slaveholders…
October 10, 1845 Here is a “Protest Against American Slavery By One Hundred and Seventy Unitarian Ministers” A strong statement against slavery includes a list of the names of the…
October 17, 1845 Under Refuge of Oppression, from the Pensacola Gazette, an unsigned article is very critical of Walker and the attempts of abolitionists in the north to characterize him…
November 7, 1845 Here is a quotation from a recent message to the legislature of Tennessee by its Gov. Aaron Vail Brown. It praises the annexation of Texas in glowing…
November 7, 1845 Here is a quotation from a recent message to the legislature of Tennessee by its Gov. Aaron Vail Brown. It praises the annexation of Texas in glowing…
November 7, 1845 Here is a notice from “An Associationist”, telling of the named association, describing its purpose and its land, and its establishment four years ago. It is a…
November 21, 1845 A letter from Adams, Aug 19, in Quincy commending a proposed publication of a book on Tobacco. Adams recounts his previous addiction to tobacco, and that he…
December 19, 1845 A letter from Henry Wright, in which he tells of the ever-active George Thompson going to Paris, in which Haughton commends the idea of disunion, and in…