A long article, by the above title, ends on the second page, with these words: “What Must Be Done? … There are three modes in which slavery can be overthrown:…
Category: <span>Anti-Slavery Organizations</span>
The Liberator :—-EXTRA. Two page almost entirely devoted to the formation of and constitution of the Boston Young Men’s Anti-Slavery Association —– an interesting by-line says: “That which is wrong in…
Declaration of the National Anti-Slavery Convention with signatures , Dec 4, 1833, in Philadelphia
Notice of opening of New England Anti-Slavery Society, at 46 Washington St., Boston
Notice of and constitution of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society
Includes a notice of the dissolution of the Copartnership of Knapp & Garrison, “by mutual consent”. With an introduction to the new volume, Garrison recites some the history of abolition,…
Here is a call for an Antislavery Convention in Rhode Island, with a long list of more than two columns of names who are signers, showing wide activity by towns…
A full two-page insert, A Liberator Extra, is A CALL TO THE NEW-ENGLAND ANTI-SLAVERY CONVENTION, to be held at 46 Washington Street, May 14, listing names from all New England states,…
Here appear a listing of the number of meetings recently addressed by Mr. Stanton, in some cases with a brief account of the actual meeting. The list of places at…
This issue includes a Circular from Pennsylvania, calling upon people to become Immediatists, with the names of well over four hundred individuals.
Under a heading, Children of Boston, March 25, 1837, note addressed to Garrison, and signed by H.C. Wright, Children’s Agent, tells of a meeting of the Juvenile Anti-Slavery Society, at…
There had evidently been something of a “riot” on March 2, when a lecture to an audience of women was disturbed by a “vile rabble”. Here appears an account of…
Mary Parker, President and Maria Weston Chapman, Cor. Sec. write to Female Anti-Slavery Societies throughout New England. The letter commends Sarah and Angelina Grimke for their continued work against slavery,…
Here is an item from the Board of Managers of the Massachusetts Antislavery Society, “To the Public”, signed by Francis Jackson, President, Sept 5, 1837. At a meeting of the…
This meeting held in Greenville, R.I., October 10 includes four resolutions, gives strong support to the American Anti-Slavery Society, and to immediate emancipation. Prejudice in the Church From the New…
The meeting was held on Dec 22, 1837, at Marlboro Chapel and is reported here at length. Speeches by A.A. Phelps, and Wendell Phillips, and Garrison are included. Garrison, in…
“These societies have been formed in many places and are astonishing their friends with their success. Many little bands of female collectors are thus raising $50 to $100 a year,…
A list of 232 AA Societies, shown by Massachusetts Counties, and towns, with Pres., and Sec. names for each, and number of members in each
Here is notice of the first annual meeting of this society in Nantucket, includes a list of Officers, a notice of resolutions adopted, and a collection of $20 sent to…
Here is an ad for the new paper, published in the city by George Russell, for an Association of Abolitionists. It is expected that Elizur Wright, Jr. Esq, now one…
Here is a notice from the Managers addressed to The Abolitionists of Massachusetts. This is in response to Elizur Wright, who has claimed that the Society has virtually given its…
This is a notice from Zion’s Herald, signed in Boston, May 31, by Dan’l Wise; It is clearly in support of the new Massachusetts Abolition Society, and interestingly placed in…
A July 22, meeting of the Salem Female Anti-Slavery Society says, “….we do entirely approve the course which the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society has taken, and that our confidence in its…
A. L. Haskell, writes from Newburyport, July 20th: ” I find the most of our anti-slavery friends firmly united to the parent society, the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society….” Then he tells…
A notice appears about a two-day meeting of the Essex County Anti-Slavery Society, to be held in Lynn. Calls for a “strong rallying”; …”Let them evince that abolitionism has indeed…
The following resolution was adopted by the Vermont ASS: “That those ministers who, with all the light they now enjoy in regard to the sinfullness of the slaveholder, and the…
Here is a long two-column listing of petitions presented, with the names of lead petitioners, indicating the number of signers, and towns from which they come. Petitions cover a range…
Between May 8 and May 15, 1840 there is a special four page edition of the Liberator, devoted to the proceedings of the sixth annual meeting of the Boston Female…
A letter appears from Garrison, upon his return from London: “On the London Convention I shall speak without reserve in future numbers of The Liberator. It was anything but a…
Notice of the party meeting, deferred until February, hoping for the largest “anti-slavery meeting ever assembled in Boston.
March 5, 1836 In a letter from Brooklyn, Ct, Feb 10, 1836, written to Mr. Oliver Johnson, Garrison indicates that he cannot attend the meeting of the Vermont Anti Slavery…
May 28, 1836 This issue includes an account of the Convention of the NEASS
February 18, 1842 This meeting, held in the Representatives’ Hall, began at an early evening hour, and continued until almost eleven. Speakers included Remond, Phillips, Frederick Douglass, Abby Kelley, and…
February 25, 1842 Notes of a meeting of the Essex County A.S. Society, Feb 8, 1842. A resolution presented by Garrison, calling for disunion, debated, and in evening session, finally…
March 18, 1842 The Executive Committee of the Rhode Island State Anti-Slavery Society has voted resolutions calling for the state to remove from its Constitution the word “white”, which restricts…
September 16, 1842 Here is a record of an Essex County Conference, August 18, held in Andover. “Reports were listened to from societies in Boston, Cambridge, Danvers, Andover, Reading, Haverhill,…
February 3, 1843 Resolutions in support of petitions in the Latimer case, and a resolution for the liberation of three men, including George Thompson, jailed in Missouri for helping a slave…
March 17, 1843 Commenting on a copy of the Third Annual Report of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, here is the following: “Referring to the treachery of the…
July 14, 1843 Here is a notice that arrangements have been made for holding one hundred Anti- Slavery Conventions within the next six months, listing parts of the country, chiefly in New…
August 11, 1843 In an item addressed to the Essex County Anti-Slavery Conference, Chapman here pleas for financial support for the cause. She indicates that her letter is in behalf…
March 22, 1844 Here is an announcement of one hundred conventions to be held in Massachusetts, listing the towns and dates for each (usual two days each), and indicating some…
December 3, 1847 “This is the season when Sewing Circles should flourish most ….Sewing Circles are among the best means for agitating and keeping alive the question of anti-slavery. ….…
June 29, 1849 From Westminster, June 22, from Alfred Wyman: “I send you $5.00 as a donation to the Mass. A.S. Society. It is but a small amount, considering he…
August 23, 1850 A notice of conventions to be held, pursuant to a resolution at the recent New England Anti-Slavery Convention: It lists meetings to be held in Rutland (Worcester…
November 7, 1851 Henry C. Wright, writes from Indiana, where he has attended a Women’s Convention. The Convention has adopted several strong anti-slavery resolutions. One Methodist leader, Bible in hand,…
April 30, 1852 Notice of the formation of this Society, formed at Rochester, N.Y., “on an independent basis”. Gerrit Smith is President.
April 30, 1852 Parker Pillsbury writes that “we have just closed a fatiquing and every way trying campaign in Maine. “In Portland we had meetings of a truly cheering character.…
July 2, 1852 From the National Era, comes a copy of James Freeman Clark’s plan for a new Anti-Slavery organization. The intent is to unite all abolitionists, who have in…
July 16, 1852 The Anti-Slavery office has been robbed. Fifty dollars is gone, more than three-fourths of which belonged to the Liberator. It is a “loss we are not well…
July 30, 1852 Daniel Foster writes to Garrison, describing large encouraging meetings at Nantucket.