From the Connecticut Observer, an item from Kelley, Berlin, Feb 3, 1840 Responding to the argument, advanced by many, that public opinion is against having women speak in public meetings,…
Category: <span>Kelley, Abby</span>
Appearing under Refuge of Oppression are minutes of a Connecticut Anti-Slavery Society, from the New Haven Record. Abby Kelley appears at the meeting, and her presence creates controversy. She is…
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…
September’s 2, 1842 From an “Observer”, Canandaigua Lake, August, 1842 . Very critical review of Kelley’s attacks on the Liberty Party. “Abby’s course may do much harm to the cause…
August 4, 1843 Here is reference to Alvan Stewart’s advice that abolitionists not attend the many conventions which have been publicized. He is “attached” to the Liberty Party, and the…
October 4, 1844 Under the Refuge of Oppression there is an article from the Boston Mercantile Journal, very critical of Kelley. On page three there is a strong response. “The editor…
July 11, 1845 From the New Lisbon (Ohio) Aurora. An account of a meeting in the Protestant Methodist Church, which had previously experienced “the awful flagellations of Abby Kelley’ inflicted…
Sept 19, 1845 Here is an account of how Kelley, after venturing to speak in a Quaker Meeting, in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, having been cautioned several times, against speaking, was…
December 4, 1846 Under title Where Stands Massachusetts, there is a private letter to Garrison from Stephen Foster, lamenting the cool reception he and Abby have received in Hubbardston and…
March 9, 1849 Joseph Merrill writes from Danvers (New Mills), Feb 22, 1849, and praises highly both of the Fosters, who have held a series of meetings in that town.
August 9, 1850 In the Refuge of Oppression columns, there is a “precious morceau” from the New Lisbon (Ohio) Palladium. “Abby Kelley Foster is again upon her stump, ministering to…