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…
Category: <span>Anti-Abolition</span>
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…
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…
December 7, 1860 The meeting was to be an anniversary of the Martyrdom of John Brown, to be held at Tremont Temple. The content of the long article is captured in…
April 12, 1861 In the Refuge of Oppression column, from the Savannah Republican, is a brief article in which a slave, Harrison Berry, is cited as having written why “slavery…
July 26, 1861 Under the Refuge of Oppression column, from the Bloomington (Ill) Times, is a sarcastic article about “this barbarous civil war”… “Let’s smash up things generally, and return…
April 4, 1862 From the New York Herald comes an item which tells of the way Phillips was greeted when he attempted “do deliver one of his revolutionary lectures in…
July 18, 1862 In the Refuge of Oppression column, from the Dayton Empire, here are some of the words: “Down with Abolitionism! Let this be the motto of the truly…
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…
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…
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…
January 1, 1864 Under the Refuge of Oppression column, is an article from the Boston Pilot. Addressing the “dire distress” of the time, it calls upon “men who govern” to…
August 26, 1864 Under the Refuge of Oppression column, is a poem, from the Mobile Southern Tribune. It is titled, The Heavy Curse, and is seven verses. For flavor of it…
January 7, 1832 In a section of Correspondence, the Editor calls attention to “the reward so daringly offered by the Senate of Georgia for our abduction, is thus noticed by…