SOUTH WEYMOUTH ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY<\/p>\n
At a meeting of persons friendly to the formation of an Anti-Slavery Society in South Weymouth, held at Columbian Hall, \u00a0April 25,\u00a0 1836<\/p>\n
it was voted to choose a committee to draft a Constitution .<\/p>\n
Constitution was adoped at a meeting, May 9.\u00a0\u00a0 Officers of the Society<\/em>:\u00a0\u00a0 President<\/em>\u00a0 — Appleton Howe, M.D.<\/p>\n Vice President\u00a0<\/em> — Thomas Nash \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Recording Secretary<\/em>\u00a0 — Reed Blanchard \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Corresponding Secretary<\/em> — Jacob Loud, Jr.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Treasurer\u00a0<\/em> — Allen Vining \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Directors<\/em>:\u00a0 Jonathan Trufant, \u00a0 Robert Richards, \u00a0 Samuel Burrill, \u00a0 Benjamin Tirrell, Jr.<\/p>\n The Society numbers eighty-six members, eighty of whom are legal voters.<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Liberator<\/em>, July 30, 1836, pg 3).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SOUTH WEYMOUTH ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY At a meeting of persons friendly to the formation of an Anti-Slavery Society in South Weymouth, held at Columbian Hall, \u00a0April 25,\u00a0 1836 it was voted…<\/p>\n