February 8, 1861 There is one brief article from Parker Pillsbury, telling of a mob which interrupted an abolition meeting in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a second letter from Susan…
Category: <span>Violence vs. Garrison & Others</span>
January 18, 1861 Charles C. Burleigh writes from Florence, telling of two evenings in succession when he was accosted by a mob when giving anti-slavery speeches. On the second evening,…
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…
November 22, 1850 From the Boston Times, a story of resistance to abolitionists, at Faneuil Hall. The article recounts that the meeting was to be a reception for Thompson, that…
September 1, 1848 A letter to Garrison, from Benjamin F. Hathaway tells of a mob which attacked an anti-slavery meeting. Among the speakers listed: Parker Pillsbury, S.S. Foster, Lucy Stone,…
August 8, 1845 Here is notice of an Indianapolis mob murdering a colored man on the 4th of July. The man had purchased his freedom in Kentucky, many years ago.…
August 26, 1842 From the Nantucket Inquirer, a record of several outbreaks against people assembled in an Anti-Slavery Convention. These include the use of insulting and abusive language, the throwing…
An account of the murder, is accompanied by a letter from John M. Krum, Mayor of Alton, describing the incident, and includes many comments from widely scattered sources, lamenting the…
Notice to “Friend Garrison” , from Charles Fitch, tells of abolition meeting which was disturbed by an ” irregular assembly of personages who seemed evidently to have congregated for a…
The story of the destruction of an Abolitionist press (Mr. Pugh’s), is followed by a flier , warning abolitionists of what is to come: THE DOG DAYS ARE COMING! Abolitionists…
Under the Refuge of Oppression section, comments from other parts of the country, including one which insists that G incites such mob action in order to gain sympathy for his…
The introduction to the piece gives a summary of the some of the issues which Garrison sees raised by the mob action: “Triumph of Mobocracy in Boston — Prostration of…
The account is told in several books, much as told here. There is an account from the Boston Daily Advocate, and one from C.C. Burleigh, and other shorter comments. There…
Includes a long piece by “Hancock”, stating that the Mayor had in fact been a “co-operator with that ruffian mob.”, very critical of the Mayor. Also includes items for local…
Two Epistles appear, with warnings of danger for Garrison: The first professes to be from a Bostonian, calls the Editor a damned rascal, warns that the paper is doomed, and…
Includes item from Boston Evening Transcript, Oct 8 Refers to a handbill circulated widely in the city. Indicates that “The Post of this morning” claims that the handbill was circulated…