Category: <span>1857</span>

January 16, 1857 Notice that Sumner has been re-elected as Senator, in the Senate by a unanimous vote, in the House, with twelve votes in opposition.  The article comments:  “Let…

1857 Sumner, Charles

January 16, 1857 Continuing coverage of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Society, includes a speech by William C. Nell.  In his speech there is a reference to Heyrick. “Among the…

1857 Anti-Slavery Society - New England Heyrick, Elizabeth Nell, William Cooper

January 9, 1857 From the Boston Telegraph, is acknowledgment of the Liberator’s 27th volume. It quotes Garrison as saying that ‘We have never yet published, nor omitted to publish,  a…

1857 Liberator

1857 Anti-Slavery Society - New England

January 9, 1857 From the Leeds (England) Mercury, a lead article recounts in some detail the characteristics of Slavery in the United States. It concludes: “It is surely impossible for…

1857 Slavery