January 2, 1852 “We enter upon the twenty-second volume of the Liberator. Twenty-one years, therefore, have been completed by us, in advocacy of the sacred claims of our enslaved brethren,…
Category: <span>1852</span>
January 9, 1852 An item by Wendell Phillips, urges upon all readers to circulate petitions to the legislature, asking for the “extension of the elective privilege to women”. Those petitions…
January 16, 1852 In an anti-tobacco-chewing article, Lewis Ford, comments: “…most tobacco-chewers keep their mouth so full of the juice as to be unable to enter into a spirited conversation…
January 23, 1852 “This is the title of an association, which was organized in Boston, last year, by some of the most enterprising colored women, for mutual aid and advantage,…
January 30, 1852 A long letter from Henry W. Wright, written Jan 17, 1852, from Michigan, to Richard D. Webb, Dublin, Ireland. Wright sends excerpts from the Genius of Emancipation,…
February 13, 1852 Under the Refuge of Oppression column there are excerpts from a pamphlet by Birney, “addressed to the free colored people, taking the detestable colonization position, that they…
February 20, 1852 As part of two whole pages addressed to Louis Kossuth, Concerning Freedom and Slavery in the United States, and over the above title, a whole column begins…
February 27, 1852 At the Third Christian Church, New Bedford, the assembly enacts five strong resolutions urging non-support of the Colonization Society.
March 5, 1852 A long letter from Smith: “You have suddenly fallen in love with the American Colonization Society. You are deceived by it, as I was deceived by it. …
March 5, 1852 A letter from Nell, from Rochester, N.Y., dated Feb 19, 1852, addressed to Esteemed Friend Garrison, is “sent by way of most grateful remembrance”. Nell yearns to…
March 19, 1852 A letter addressed to the Editor, dated March 10, 1852, from Waltham, is signed “J.M.L.” The writer expresses “impatience to see some movement of the colored citizens…
March 26, 1852 After notice was given of a pending concert, in Baltimore, an announcement was posted at Carroll Hall and various other places, including language like this: “… it…
March 26, 1852 Announcing the publication of this book, there are quotes from the author’s preface, expressions of praise, and hope for its effect “to awaken the strongest compassion for…
April 2, 1852 The story of the fire which destroyed the Temple, estimated loss… $200,000!
April 30, 1852 This notice is from the N.Y. Christian Inquirer. From the Report of the South Carolina Methodist Conference, on Missionary operations among the slaves. It compares contributions for…
April 30, 1852 Notice of the formation of this Society, formed at Rochester, N.Y., “on an independent basis”. Gerrit Smith is President.
April 30, 1852 Parker Pillsbury writes that “we have just closed a fatiquing and every way trying campaign in Maine. “In Portland we had meetings of a truly cheering character.…
May 14, 1852 An account of the expenses for the government in arresting, holding, trying, and restoring to his master, the fugitive, Sims. The total comes to $8, 841.05. “Mr.…
May 14, 1852 “The increase of the slave population in ten years is at the rate of 27.83 per cent. That of the whole population, 32.67 per cent.”
May 21, 1852 A letter to Garrison, from Delaney, in which Delaney expresses thanks that Garrison has given notice of his “hastily written book”, and he indicates that he has…
June 11, 1852 Under the Refuge of Oppression column, there is an account of the circulation of the book. Abolitionists everywhere “are exulting in the sale of this pernicious work.”.. …
June 11, 1852 A brief article about the Society, composed in part of leading Universalist ministers, includes an anti-slavery resolution, which was passed without opposition. The resolution expresses a fear…
June 18, 1852 In response to a letter from F.W. Bird, Walpole, while claiming to be Sumner’s “faithful friend”, here is a strong rebuke that while Sumner has been in…
July 2, 1852 Under the Refuge of Oppression, from the Parish of St. Charles, Louisiana, is a legal document announcing the sale of property purchased by James H. and Samuel…
July 2, 1852 From the National Era, comes a copy of James Freeman Clark’s plan for a new Anti-Slavery organization. The intent is to unite all abolitionists, who have in…
July 2, 1852 An announcement of Clay’s death. “He was a brilliant orator, and exceedingly attractive and magnetic in social life, but utterly devoid of principle, and one who has…
July 16, 1852 The Anti-Slavery office has been robbed. Fifty dollars is gone, more than three-fourths of which belonged to the Liberator. It is a “loss we are not well…
July 30, 1852 Daniel Foster writes to Garrison, describing large encouraging meetings at Nantucket.
August 6, 1852 There are brief items, from the Southern Press, the Newburyport Daily Union, The N.Y. Evangelist, the N.Y. Independent, and the Boston Herald, urging support for the recognition…
August 6, 1852 The above is the title of the second edition of a book appearing in Boston. It gives the reputed wealth of about 2000 men, with an aggregate…
August 20, 1852 In the Refuge of Oppression column, there are extracts of a speech by Van Buren, delivered at a Democratic Mass Meeting, at Newburgh, N.Y., July 26th. Here…
August 20, 1852 Here are actions taken at the Convention, held in Pittsburgh, August 11th. Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, was chosen as President. The Platform is adopted, and speeches…
August 20, 1852 A letter to Garrison, from Sarah D. Fish, Rochester, calls for attention to the ways in which domestic servants are mistreated. After recounting the many groups of…
September 3, 1852 From a correspondent of the Lincoln (Maine) Democrat, here are some of the words about the book: “… It is a mischievous, dangerous work, got up on…
September 17, 1852 Included in the paper is a copy of half of Sumner’s speech, with which he proposed the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law. The article appreciates the…
October 15, 1852 Under the Refuge of Oppression, there are extracts from Rev. Dr. Joel Parker, who is simply identified as an “Evangelical” Divine. “When the slave’s desired freedom has…
October 15, 1852 Here are some “typos”noted — some samples of the several included in the paper: “Mistake in Spelling – some eulogist of Pierce has pronounced him a war-scared…
October 22, 1852 Included is a letter from Harriet Hunt, 32 Green St., Boston, in which she addresses The Treasurer and Assessors of the City. It is a “protest against…
October 29, 1852 Edmund Quincy, writing as editor, in the absence of Garrison, comments on Webster. He has “no praise from Mr. Webster”, but “has no disposition to employ bitter…
November 5, 1852 The letter by Quincy, from the previous week, is repeated. There is also a long sermon on Webster, by Theodore Parker, begun here, concluded in the next…
November 12, 1852 As a Representative to Congress, “…we believe he does not fear the face of man, and will dare to do his whole duty, as it shall be…
December 10, 1852 A letter from Wm. C. Nell, to “Esteemed Friend Garrison”, tells of a series of public meetings “under the auspices of colored citizens ranking with the Free…
December 17, 1852 A large meeting of the Glasgow Emancipation Society has given a testimony of “gratitude and approbation” to Mrs. Stowe. Notable among the people on the platform was…