October 28, 1842 Latimer, a fugitive slave from Norfolk, Va., was pursued by his owner, James Gray, who had him arrested on a charge of larceny. A writ of habeas…
Category: <span>Latimer, George</span>
November 4, 1842 Here are long accounts of the Faneuil Hall meeting, speeches made, of strong controversy, discussion on all sides, in which the Latimer case is lifted in the…
November 4, 1842 From Boston Daily Bee, is an account of the Faneuil Hall meeting. It includes a statement about a “darkey” who was not listened to, and then Phillips…
November 11, 1842 A letter from Adams, explains why he cannot become defender of Latimer, but offers his counsel to any who defend him.
November 11, 1842 Here is an account of the Faneuil Hall meeting, in which it becomes clear that the “darkey” who had not been “listened to” was Lenox Remond.
November 18, 1842 Here is a letter from Douglass, telling of a gathering in New Bedford, and commenting on the Latimer case.
December 2, 1842 A long article commenting on the legal case surrounding Latimer.
December 9. 1842 Here are words from James Gray, proclaimed owner of Latimer, also accounts of meetings in Abington and Dedham, resolving for passage of state personal liberty laws.
December 23, 1842 Record of another meeting in Waltham, urging action against fugitive slave law.
January 13, 1843 Here is an account of “A Church Mob, with the Minister at the Head of It”, which disturbed an abolitionist lecture in a Congregational Church in Phipsburg, Maine.…
January 13, 1843 A call for more petitions, signed by H.I. Bowditch, indicates that at least twenty thousand names, exclusive of Suffolk County, have been secured on petitions, and assurance…
January 20, 1843 An announcement of the Latimer Committee that they now have forty eight thousand names on petitions, and the goal is to have one hundred thousand “sons and…
February 3, 1843 Several columns of “Correspondence between the Authorities of Virginia and the Executive of Massachusetts, relative to the Latimer Case.” There is also an account of a “Latimer…
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…
February 3, 1843 62,791 people have signed petition to the state legislature, and 48,000 to the US Congress. John Quincy Adams was selected to take charge of the petitions to Congress.
February 10, 1843 There is an account of the meeting of a large meeting of colored citizens at the Belknap-street church, Feb 1st. The meeting, among other actions, affirms support…
February 17, 1843 Celebrating and congratulating themselves on the collection of the petitions, a note at the end of this report says: “The petition was carried on the shoulders of…
March 3, 1843 A very long report, taking a large portion of the paper, concludes with an act to submit to the legislature an Act “Further to Protect Personal Liberty”. …
March 17, 1843 “The Massachusetts petition consists of a roll of paper two feet wide, two feet in diameter,, and more than half a mile long, to which are attached…
Jun 23, 1843 Here reference is to a committee, headed by Wendell Phillips, appointed to meet with Tyler, upon his coming to Boston, to urge him to emancipate his slaves. …