The colored veterans of the 54th Regiment, being in New Bedford 22 in number, were handsomely received home by the citizens of that city, Saturday evening. They were welcomed at…
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This thoroughly disciplined and heroic command … with the smoke of battle hardly yet removed from the garments of its brave members, was received by the people of Boston, this…
Last spring an association was formed, composed of thirty or forty colored men of Baltimore, who purchased the building on Lexington Street, occupied as the Newton University, for the sum…
At the beginning of the second decade of the Liberator, the January 1, 1841 issue, pg 2 begins A New Volume. We commence this day, the elventh volume of the…
The Liberator shows names of tables put up by over 40 towns, at the 1840 Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Fair, held in Marlboro Hall. Towns include Boston, Weymouth, Roxbury, Wrentham, Plymouth-Dedham, Stoneham,…
To William Lloyd Garrison, “My dear Sir, I regret to see that Liberator has to struggle for support. The friends of the slave must not, and will not, let the…
The late census furnishes us some data by which we may approximate to the truth, respecvting this atrocius traffic. The whole increase of slaves, with the rate per cent, for…
Pursuant to a public call, signed by several citizens of Boston, a meeting of those friendly to the formation of a Boston Vigilance Committee convened that the Marlboro Chapel, Hall…
Between four and five hundred people were present at a public meeting of the Vigilance Committee, held at Tremont Chapel, including many of the pro-slavery merchants of the city. The…
On Tuesday morning last, the official, authoritative announcement was sent over the whole country, with lightening speed, that the Abolition of Slavery and its PROHIBITION forever were engrafted upon the…
Intelligence has been received that our late worthy colored citizen, Mr. James G. Barbadoes, died at St. Ann’s Bay, (Jamaica) on the 22nd of June last, of the ‘West Indies…
From the Lynn Record — The Anniversary of West India Emancipation was celebrated Sunday evening last in Boston at the Marlboro Chapel, by a splendid meeting, at which Francis Jackson,…
It is expected that during the week of the non-resistance meeting, on the 21st and 22nd of September, a meeting will be held on further measures to call a World’s…
The Liberator, September 17, 1841, pg 3, includes an item titled James Forten — Among the colored citizens of the republic, there is not one who is held in…
Among those who graduated at the late commencement at Dartmouth College, was our young colored friend, Thomas Paul, son of the late Rev. Thomas Paul, of this city. … he…
The Vigilance Fair was organized by the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society. Participating towns are listed, January 14, 1842 , Liberator, pg 3
A large and overwhelming meeting of the citizens of Boston and vicinity was held in the Old Cradle of Liberty, on Friday evening, January 28, 1842, favorable t0 the immediate…
A Great Man Fallen! “The afflicting intelligence contained in the following letter, reaches us at a moment when neither time nor room allows us to express the emotions that throng…
The Board of Managers of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society to the Abolitionists of the Commonwealth, published in the Liberator, February 9, 1844: “Our best energies go forward to meet you,…
This famous abolition song is announced in the Liberator, April 19, 1844, pg 3 A Song for Emancipation , sung by the Hutchinsons. Dedicated to Nathanael P. Rogers, as a…
“The abolitionists, male and female, of Albany and adjacent counties, are invited to attend a meeting to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 21st and 22nd of September, to…
“This gentleman is said to be the richest man in the State of Kentucky. He resides near Lexington, and has been for a long time a member of the State…
“A correspondent of the Bangor Gazette, residing in Baltimore, makes the following statement, in a letter to the editor of that paper, dated July 4th … The great body of…
“In the two Houses of Congress on Monday, the discussion of the President’s Message was brief but animated. The proposition to authorize the President to employ the land and naval…
“At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society, held in Boston, on Thursday, June 11, 1846, the following preamble and resolution, respecting the contemplated mission of…
The February 26, 1978, pg 2 Liberator, includes this item, with the classic printed “Garrison finger” giving it attention. “Here is another letter from our philanthropic friend, Richard Allen, in…
SPECIAL NOTICE ! The friends of the Anti-Slavery cause are invited to assemble at Stacy Hall, 46 Washington street, on Sunday, October 21st, at 2 o’clock P. M., to commemorate…
Meetings in Boston On Wednesday evening, Aug. 3d, William Still, from the Anti-Slavery Office, Philadelphia, interested a crowded audience at the Twelfth Baptist Church with a lecture on the…
A private letter from New Orleans says Gen. Butler recently took possession of two large plantations near the city, and transferred a large number of loyal blacks to them for…
The May 8, 1863 Liberator, on the first full page, “groups together some of the numerous flattering testimonials which this gifted young lady has recently elicited from the press, and…
THE HUTCHINSON FAMILY….. “reorganized, reconstructed and augmented:, by the union of the “House of John” and “Tribe of Asa” – will continue their series of spirit-stirring Concerts in the cause…
Another female bread riot occurred in Mobile, Sept. 4th. The 17th Alabama regiment was ordered to put down the disturbance, but refused to do duty. The…
A CALL FOR A NATIONAL CONVENTION OF COLORED CITIZENS …
Bust of Col. Shaw Among the thousand objects of interest at the Sailors’ Fair in Boston was a bust of the hero, Colonel Robert G. Shaw, by Miss Edmonia Lewis.…
Gen. Wilson. We are pleased to state that the Massachusetts Senate made choice on Friday last, of Hon. Henry Wilson, for U.S. Senator, for six years from the…
Another Marked Event n American History ! – The admission of John S. Rock, Esq., a talented and much respected lawyer of Boston, to practice in the Supreme Court of…
One of the striking features of the funeral procession yesterday was the applause showered upon the representatives of the colored race upon the line of march in the wealthier parts…
No person can have observed the progress of public opinion in Great Britain, during the last , eight or ten years, without perceiving that the opposition to the toleration of…
CONSTITUTION OF THE FEMALE ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY OF SALEM, FORMED FEBRUARY 22, 1832 Signed by Mary A. Battys, President E.A. Drew, Vice President Charlotte Bell, Corredponding Sec’y Hannah B. Fowler, Recording…
Benjamin Lundy — This veteran of eleven years’ hard service has commenced a new volume of his Genius of Universal Emancipation: it is a favorable time, therefore, for those who…
ANNUAL COLLECTION OF TEXTS ON SLAVERY Beginning with a quote from Lafayette, there are words from Clarkson, Rev. George Bourne, Wilberforce, John Wesley, for a total Fifty-Two short quotes, many…
IMPORTANT MISSION — TO THE FRIENDS OF EMANCIPATION The Board of Managers of the New England Anti-Slavery Society hereby give notice to the public, that they have appointed William Lloyd…
Theological Seminary, Andover, March 4, 1833 — Mr. Garrison — You are requested by the Anti-Slavery Society of this Seminary, to publish, in your paper, the following Resolutions, which were…
YOUNG MEN’S ANTI-SLAVERY ASSOCIATION FORMED It gives us great pleasure to inform our readers, that a new association has been formed in this city, to aid in the diffusion of…
ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY AT NEW HAVEN A Society was formed in New Haven, on the 4th of June last, of great respectability and influence, called the New Haven Anti-Slavery Society. The…
FEMALE ANTI-SLAVERY Society, Amesbury Mills, Jan 13, 1834….. A meeting of the ladies, who are the decided friends of the abolition of slavery, was holden in Amesbury, on Tuesday evening,…
CASH FOR NEGROES Including both sexes, from 12 to 25 years of age. Persons having likely servants to dispose of, will find it to be their interest to give us…
Andover Female Anti-Slavery Society Andover, Mass, Aug 22, 1836 Officers: President – Mrs. Joshua Emery Vice President — Mrs. Zebediah Abbott Corresponding Secretary — Mrs. Samuel Johnson Recording Secretary —…
The Smith School The examination of this interesting school took place on Tuesday last, and was highly creditable both to the teachers and pupils. When it is considered that these…
PETITIONS FOR MINORS The Boston Juvenile Anti-Slavery Society has procured to be printed a large number of the following forms of petitions for minors. Members of that society are now…