October 26, 1855
An account of the event which on the anniversary of the ’35 event when Garrison was almost lynched, and members of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society, were forced to leave the building and hold their annual meeting elsewhere. Included among the speakers at this event was Wendell Phillips. “At this hour twenty years ago, I was outside, down in the street, and among the rioters, though not of them. I thank God that I am inside now.”… “Up to that time I had paid no particular attention to Anti-Slavery, and I knew nothing of the meeting, until, accidentally going that way, I found the mob.” ..I have to thank the anti-slavery women for the lesson they taught me…”
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