January 6, 1860 “With this number we commence the thirtieth volume of the Liberator. It has been a long, desperate, eventful, ‘irrepressible conflict’ with the most ferocious and satanic system…
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January 6, 1860 Derived from the New York Independent, here is the story of James Power, a native of Wexford, Ireland, twenty-three years of age, a stone-cutter by trade. He…
January 13, 1860 The item from the Cincinnati Commercial says that thirty-six persons have arrived there, having been warned to leave Kentucky “for the crime of believing slavery to be…
January 13, 1860 Here there is comment on two poems by Whittier, both on the final page of this edition. “… we think there is not the same magnanimous recognition…
January 13, 1860 Here is an account of the fall of the Pemberton Mills, in which seven hundred people were buried in the ruins, and two hundred lives were lost…
January 13, 1860 Announcement of the debate to be at the Mercantile Library Association of Boston, January 16th. The question to be debated: “Has Garrisonian Abolitionism been of any practical…
January 20, 1860 Sarah P. Remond, writing from London, describes how her sister, Mrs. Putnam, and friends had bought first-class tickets from Boston to Liverpool, but were not allowed to…
January 20, 1860 At a recent session of the Legislature there was an attempt to remove the word ‘white’ from the militia law. The Governor, (Banks), vetoed the measure. The…
January 27, 1860 Whittier fells that in Garrison’s recent comments regarding his poems about Brown, has implied that he, Whittier, has relinquished previous strong pledges in abhorrence of war and…
February 3, 1860 Written from Rome, Dec 24, 1859, there are extracts from a letter written to a friend in Boston. Commenting on news of the execution of Brown: “Of…
February 24, 1860 A brief article refers to the continuing attempt to seek “abolition of the colored or caste schools of that State.” While the movement to abolish those schools…
February 24, 1860 In a long article, there is this item, giving substance to Garrison’s long debate with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. “Then again, the Congregationalist…
March 2, 1860 This speech by Rock is before the Committee on Federal Relations, of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, speaking on behalf of a petition to strike the word…
March 2, 1860 Lydia Maria Child writes glowingly of a bust of John Brown. “Walking up Washington Street, one may see plenty of rich jewelry sparkling in the windows, graceful…
March 9, 1860 Comments on the speech, generally find it praiseworthy, but conclude in part, with a comment from the editor, pointing out some “objectionable features of the speech –…
March 16, 1860 As promised, in the previous edition, here are objections to Seward’s speech.
March 16, 1860 There are speeches by Nell and Rock. Nell includes an appeal for the erection of a monument to the memory of Attucks, and predicts that by March…
March 16, 1860 The story of “one of the military companies who wish to be paid for their services in exterminating the poor savages. The recital is a horrible one.”…
March 16, 1860 From Le Progres, in Hayti, comes an article calling upon people to go to “the subscription offices opened in every town, to honor the memory of John…
March 23, 1860 A full two columns of this edition are devoted to this topic, translated for the Liberator. The items are signed by the President and three Vice Presidents…
March 30, 1860 Here is a list, by town, of the number of petitions which have been forwarded to the Legislature of Massachusetts. The article claims close to fifteen thousand…
April 13, 1860 Under the Refuge of Oppression column, an article, criticizes the enactment of Personal Liberty Laws, indicating that many in states where they have been enacted have “allowed…
April 13, 1860 The article names four northern clergymen who preached at Charleston, S. C. on a recent Sunday. These gentlemen, being known as fast friends and allies of the…
April 13, 1860 The story from Concord, where United States officers forcibly arrested Sanborn, creating “intense excitement” in the town. They intended to take him to Washington “to answer for…
May 11, 1860 Here are extracts from speeches of O’Connell. “I am an Abolitionist. I am for speedy, immediate abolition. I care not what caste, creed, or color, slavery may…
May 11, 1860 The article includes portions of a printed copy of a Report on the Coolie Trade made to the US House of Representatives, by the Hon. Mr. Eliot…
May 11, 1860 The office of the Mass. Anti-Slavery Society, and of the Liberator, have been moved from 21 Cornhill to the Washington building, 221 Washington Street,, directly opposite Franklin…
May 11, 1860 “A Democratic orator, addressing a meeting of his party in Philadelphia lately, exclaimed, –‘if any one dares to come into my neighborhood and preach such treason as…
June 1, 1860 The death of Parker, in Florence, on the 10th of May, is announced. “Few men have ever possessed such powers of analysis and classification, reasoning from cause…
June 8, 1860 Here are speeches, in praise and memory of Parker, by Samuel J. May, Wendell Phillips, Garrison, J. Freeman Clarke, and others.
June 15, 1860 Here is an account of the recent Convention, held in Boston, called by S. Stephen Foster, and others. It claims to be a condensation of reports from…
June 15, 1860 A story of the anniversary of the group, held at the Tremont Temple. Among the resolutions adopted is one which urges the Society “to give expression to…
June 15, 1860 A report of meeting at the Joy-Street Church, in response to the Veto by Governor Banks of a vote to remove the word “white” from the statute…
June 15, 1860 A single, two-sided sheet EXTRA edition, with focus on the speech by Charles Sumner, “The Barbarism of Slavery”, addressing a Bill for the Admission of Kansas as…
June 22, 1860 Here are some of the last words of Parker in a letter which he had addressed to his Society.
June 29, 1860 Here is a story of Cassius Clay, winning “another victory for free speech, at Richmond, Ky”. The story indicates that he had publicly announced his intention to…
June 29, 1860 The story of a meeting at the Joy-Street Church, with John J. Smith, as Chairman, and resolutions presented by W. C. Nell. There are tributes to Parker,…
July 6, 1860 News of a Woman’s Rights Convention held at the Melodeon. Mrs. Caroline Severance was called to preside. Speakers included Mrs. Caroline Dall, Rev. Samuel J. May, Richard…
July 20, 1860 Here are some of Garrison’s words: “Now, in regard to the Republican party. Our friend (Senator Wilson) truly said, it is not an anti-slavery party. If it…
July 20, 1860 A story from Clifton, Illinois, telling of a band of nine men from Missouri, who kidnapped three colored men living in that town. Two others got away.…
July 27, 1860 Probably written by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, here is a description of a journey to North Elba, of the grave site of John Brown, of words spoken, resolutions…
August 3, 1860 A brief article from the Traveler, tells of American vessels in the Congo river, in June. The article implicates English vessels also, in a conspiratorial effort to…
August 3, 1860 Signed by C.K.W., this brief article is titled, Hot, Cold or Lukewarm? It recalls the separation of the Boston Society from the National Society, and charges that,…
August 3, 1860 Three lines: ‘The latest news from New Orleans, dated July l30th, is that two Abolitionists have been hung in Texas for distributing arms and inciting slaves to…
August 3, 1860 A brief article from W.C. Nell, tells of Mary Louise Lockley, of the Bowdoin School, who has had the honor of being the first recipient of a…
August 10, 1860 This article begins with a commendation of the American Missionary Association, as a “thoroughly Anti-Slavery body, which “bears a vigorous and active testimony against our country’s great…
September 7, 1860 Here is a letter to Garrison, written from London, in which Thompson tells of his improved health, and that he has been able to complete forty or…
September 21, 1860 This letter to Garrison, comes from William Wells Brown, who has been in Vermont for four weeks. He comments that the fact that Republicans control the elections,…
October 26, 1860 Here, on the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of this event, is a full page from the Liberator of Nov 7, 1835, a letter about the event from George Thompson,…
November 2, 1860 This article, from the N.Y. Journal of Commerce, appears in the Refuge of Oppression column. A few words give a sense of its point. “The native African…