January 2, 1863 Several letters from subscribers are printed here, giving encouragement to the editor, after his concerns about the price increase, expressed in the last editions of 1862.
Category: <span>1863</span>
January 2, 1863 “Glory, Hallelujah” The text of the Proclamation is included, followed by an account of “the grand demonstration in this city, yesterday, at Tremont Temple, …probably the only…
January 9, 1863 This is an address by Wendell Phillips, “on Sunday morning, to one of the grandest audiences ever congregated together in this or any other city.”
January 9, 1863 The call to the thirtieth annual meeting, includes reference to the Proclamation. “…however effectual may be the President’s Emancipation Proclamation in breaking the chains of the bondmen…
January 16, 1863 Under the Refuge of Oppression column, from the New Hampshire Patriot, this article begins: “The greatest crime ever committed by a Chief Magistrate of a free people…
January 16, 1863 This is an account of a meeting, in New Bedford, on January 1st, held under the auspices of the colored clergy. Resolutions express support and joy at…
January 30, 1863 Here is a petition, addressed to the General Court of Massachusetts. An introduction says, “we publish it with the hope that it may be circulated extensively for…
February 6, 1863 A brief note that “a Washington correspondent says it is probable that an African bureau will be added to the Interior Department upon the application of the…
February 6, 1863 A bill has been approved in the US House of Representatives, which authorizes the President to enroll volunteers of African descent in the armed forces….also stipulates that…
February 20, 1863 The colored citizens have met at the Joy Street church “for the purpose of awakening interest in the new enterprise of forming one or more negro regiments…
February 27, 1863 “The Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln was issued only a few days prior to the opening of the present session of the Legislature of Massachusetts. Obviously it…
February 27, 1863 “William Wells Brown, Dr. Smith, and Charles Lenox Remond, all colored, have been appointed recruiting agents for this regiment. The camp was opened at Readville on Saturday…
March 6, 1863 A brief notice that the colored men of Michigan have met in Convention, and appointed a committee to visit with the Legislature, and urge removal of the…
March 20, 1863 A brief article commends Senator Sumner, who moved an amendment to a question being considered about the incorporation of a horse railroad company in the District of…
March 27, 1863 A letter to Garrison, includes two dollars, and a request for back copies of the Liberator. The subscriber assures Garrison that copies have been read by Officers…
March 27, 1863 An account of the recent meeting of the Cherokee National Council. The Council has repealed its previous ordinance of secession, done unanimously, believing that the old Legislature…
April 10, 1863 Argument in the House of Representatives, of the bill proposing to make legal a militia including negro members, is recounted here. The bill was referred to the…
April 24, 1863 A crowded meeting at Faneuil Hall hears Gen. A. J. Hamilton, of Texas. “He showed that the South, before the rebellion, had always carried its point, and…
May 1, 1863 Stanton calls upon the women of the North, believing that they do not know what their sons are fighting for. “The women of the South know what…
May 1, 1863 A notice from the Boston Traveller indicates that Sims, who had been returned to his master in Georgia, in 1851, has arrived back in Boston, with his…
May 8, 1863 A note indicates that the paper goes to press too early to give a sketch of the public meeting held at Tremont Temple to welcome the returned…
May 8, 1863 Signed by W. L. G., Jr., he writes for woman’s rights. “The agitation of the negro’s rights, and the discussion of the rights of woman, have from…
May 15, 1863 Under the Refuge of Oppression, from the Manchester Union, “The Abolitionists will fail. They accepted war, which might have been avoided with honor, because they thought it…
May 15, 1863 At Tremont Temple, Sims is on the platform with his wife and child, and partners in his late escape. “On arriving in Savannah, he was put in…
June 5, 1863 A detailed description the departure includes the route of the parade through the streets, the review by Governor Andrew, Frederick Douglass passing among the troops , bidding…
June 12, 1863 From the N. Y. Tribune, is an article about the abolition of slavery in the Colony of Surinam. The original article is from the Netherlands Royal Gazette,…
June 26, 1863 A large and enthusiastic meeting was held at the African Church. Resolutions passed “acknowledge the hand of God in the great events which are now taking place”,…
July 10, 1863 Frances D. Gage, writes to Garrison, appeals for people who will go South to engage in teaching newly freedmen. “Our forefathers said, ‘in time of peace let…
July 17, 1863 Here is action by the Executive Committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society, relative to the proposition of the Rev. Moncure D. Conway who, has proposed that abolitionists…
July 24, 1863 “Whoever attempts to charge upon the conscription act the origin of the late fiendish riots in New York and elsewhere, is to be set down as extremely…
July 31, 1863 An account of the assault, including the 54th Massachusetts Regiment is quite detailed, and affirms the bravery of the unit, and the large loss of life.
August 7, 1863 Here is more on the attack, and one specially titled, “Tribute to the Late Col. Shaw”
August 7, 1863 Here is an order by President Lincoln, insuring that there should be “no distinction as to color in the treatment of prisoners of war as public enemies”. …
September 11, 1863 “Our nation has made a long step forward in its course toward victory….Even if we creep slowly onward, hereafter as heretofore, it is now made certain that…
September 25, 1863 This brief article begins with a description of the condition of Irish people in Ireland as a people “without education, very poor, under the absolute control of…
October 9, 1863 Here is a letter to the Editor of the Pilot, with a direct criticism of its mis-representation of abolitionists, and its failure to represent Daniel O’Connell’s appeal…
October 23, 1863 One again, here is the petition, sponsored by the Loyal Women of The Republic, through their National Association, calling upon the Congress to enact emancipation of all…
December 18, 1863 The meeting was held at the Concert Hall, Philadelphia, and here the article includes speeches by many leaders of the movement. In his introductory remarks, Garrison, predicts…