Here are the famous words, which appear in the first edition of the Liberator. Garrison acknowledges that some people have told him that he is too “severe” in his language…
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In the February 12, 1831 Liberator, here is an example of Garrison’s policy to invite into its columns critiques of his views about abolition, and to promise response. In this…
June 26, 1840 The Liberator, under the heading above, includes excerpts of a speech by Webster, on June 11, in Alexandria, District of Columbia. The article claims that Webster has…
Prior to becoming known, while only twenty-three, and writing to the Yankee and the Boston Literary Gazette, Garrison asserts “that, if my life be spared, my name shall one day…
In the first edition of the Liberator, Garrison makes clear his changed position regarding the “colonization” idea. The context of this statement gives the flavor of an “apologia”, announcing clearly…
Under the title, Coming to the Point, this appears in the Jan 22, 1831 edition: “A young lady while walking with a gentleman, stumbled, and when her companion, to…
“ PICTURE OF AMERICAN LIBERTY ” …… ( Liberator, February 5, 1831) “ We ask the serious attention of our readers to the following revolting advertisements, which embody…
Garrison writes to the President of the Anti-Slavery Convention, to be held in Providence, in February. He congratulates the people of Rhode Island, and comments that Connecticut is the only…
“Proposals have been issued for a weekly periodical, to be published alternately at Philadelphia and New York, and conducted by Marcus T.C. Gould, and Isaac Hooper, distinquished members of the…
Here is an item which speaks of Garrison’s disdain, at this time, for political action by ministers. “Ministers of Christ Becoming Political Demagogues” It mentions an “eloquent” Methodist preacher, in…
An account of an August 3rd, 1840, gathering at the Belknap Street church (African Baptist), in Boston’s north slope area. The occasion was the Anniversary of British Emancipation. “Owing…
IMPUDENCE — The following paragraph from the New Orleans Mercantile Advertiser has a larger amount of brazen impudence that we supposed could be squeezed into so small a compass. It…
“Harriet Martineau, famous British author, who met Garrison in 1835, declared: His aspect put to flight in an instant what prejudices his slanderers had raised in me. I was wholly…
April 14, 1865, the regained Fort Sumter was the scene of the celebration. Garrison was among the dignitaries that day. His friend, George Thompson, from England was also a…
James Redpath and Martin Delaney, organized an event held at the Zion Church, billed as a welcoming of Garrison. “It was, however intended as a statement of civic intent…
At the first international Convention called by the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, in 1840, Garrison and three other men in the delegation from America “sat-out” because women from the…
Often critical of the failure of clergy or churches to take abolition positions, Garrison is quick to commend in print, instances of progress against slavery. Here in the Liberator, August…
With high praise the editor notes the graduation of Paul, son of the deceased Rev. Thomas Paul . ( Sept 17, 1841, Liberator) “He is now in Boston, anxious to…
Henry Mayer, in his biography of Garrison indicates the central importance of Garrison’s support in the black community. Here are some excerpts from All on Fire, pg 109 . “On…
“It is with great regret that we record the death of Rev. RICHARD ALLEN, the first Bishop of the African Methodist Church, which occurred at Philadelphia on the 26th of…
“It is true that Garrison — as an artisan turned small proprietor — understood freedom in the nineteenth-century sense of self-ownership rather than as the traditional craft ideal of owning…
Garrison, in the Liberator, July 5, 1836 comments on an effigy which has been hung, in the town of Fall River. “…. some unknown but patriotic artist, (rejoicing in his…
Writing while at sea, on his way to England, July 26, 1846, here is a taste of his love for Helen. “The world is wide, and it has many places…
Speaker at an evening gathering included Charles Lenox Remond, Wendell Phillips, Frederick Douglass, Abby Kelley, and William Lloyd Garrison. Reported in the Liberator, February 8, 1842, here is what the…
In the April 16, 1831, Liberator: It is our painful duty to insert the death of Rev. Thomas Paul, for many years Pastor of the African Baptist Church in…
Writing to December 8, 1847: “I have received a letter from David Ruggles, at Northampton, in which he says — ‘From what I can learn of your symptoms, you need…
“Although Garrison had hoped to reach reform-minded benevolent leaders through The Liberator, their initial apathy changed into hostility as he increased the tempo of his attacks, especially against the ACS.…
On May 28, 1842, colored citizens met at the Infant School Room, of the Smith School. Resolutions passed petition the Legislature to “prohibit their officers and citizens form interfering to…
It was common even in the first year of the Liberator, for Garrison to put on the front page, top upper left, quotes from well-known people, in support of his…
From the Boston Commercial Gazette, in the June 6, 1835 Liberator, comes this evidence that many people supported the action of Boston city authorities which prohibited Abolition speakers from Faneuil…
The August 26, 1842 Liberator includes an essay on “removing prejudice”, by S. Linant, of Paris. Garrison introduces the essay by citing the qualifications of its author, who is Haitian.…
“The dome of the State House of Boston was visited in 1841 by 43,478 persons. During the present year, since March, by 24,002.” From the Liberator, Sept 30, 1842
The Liberator of October 14, 1842, quotes from the Emancipator, an item titled, ‘Daniel Webster and and the Great Compromiser’…. “Daniel Webster went down to Alexandria and Richmond, and bowed…
George Latimer, a fugitive from Norfolk, Va., was pursued by his owner, who had him arrested on a charge of larceny … a writ of habeas corpus brought Latimer before…
Writing, June 19, 1855, to William Lloyd Garrison, Jr, who is in Lynn, living with the Buffum family. “I hope you will strive in every way to make as little…
In the first year of publication of the Liberator, several states took action to suppress its distribution, and actions included threats on Garrison’s life. From Henry Mayer’s biography, All on…
From the Boston Daily , quoted in the November 4, 1842 Liberator. The account tells of a “darkey” who was not listened to when he spoke in a gathering at…
January 20, 1843, the Liberator Announcing that the Latimer Commiette has 48,000 names in petitions, the paper says that the goal is to have 100,000 “sons and daughters Massachusetts against…
A certain “C.L.”, from Concord, writes to the Liberator, with reference to a recent attempt to jail Alcott for failure to pay a tax: “Many are the points worthy of…
“My Beloved Wife: Your feet stand upon the summit-level of half a century….. I wish you to accept the accompanying gold watch, which will mark the hours as they fly…
March 8, 1850, in the Liberator, there is a letter to President Taylor, signed by Francis Jackson, President, and Edmund Quincy, Secretary, of the Mass. Anti-Slavery Society. “You are the…
“Among the half a dozen men in Congress, the utterance of whose sentiments, in times of deep excitement, command the national attention, Mr Calhoun stands prominent….. Yet he has no…
“What if Daniel Webster has betrayed the cause of liberty, bent his supple knees anew to the Slave Power, and dishonored the State which he was sent to Congress to…
Calvin Fairbank is the man, who with Delia Webster, had guided Lewis and Harriet Hayden to freedom. Readers should learn more of this man, who, by the end of his…
Reported in the April 12, 1850 Liberator, placed under the Refuge of Oppression column, with a title The Late Satanic Speech of Daniel Webster. The article notes a letter of…
April 26, 1850, in the Liberator. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decided that Sarah had not been “lawfully excluded from public school instruction”. The editor comments: “This decision of the…
The May 17, 1850 Liberator has much about this historic event. Here are some notes from extensive coverage. Most was from the N.Y. Globe, some prior to, some after…
Reference is made to a pamphlet telling of this school, which has been operating for two years, having been incorporated during the last session of the legislature. With that incorporation…
A meeting at Rev. Samuel Snowden’s church , Sept 30, is reported in the October 4, 1850 Liberator. “The house was densely crowded, and at an early hour many were…
A Call for Citizens to gather at Faneuil Hall, “to consider the condition of the Fugitive Slaves and other colored persons of this city, under the new Fugitive Slave Law”,…