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1850
Phillips, Wendell (1811-1884)
Review of Webster's speech on slavery.
Published by the American Anti Slavery Society in Boston, Massachusetts. Printed by J.B. Yerrinton and Son, Printers, Boston.
GLC00267.140
6 April 1854
Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874)
No slavery in Nebraska: no slavery in the nation: slavery an outlaw. Speech of Gerrit Smith, on the Nebraska Bill.
Representative Smith states, "I am opposed to the bill for organizing the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas, which has come to us from the Senate, because, in the first place, it insults colored men, and the Maker of all men, by limiting suffrage to...
GLC05116.06
1884
Pillsbury, Parker (1809-1898)
Acts of the anti-slavery apostles.
Printed by Cuppley, Upham & Co. Contains biographical chapters on William Lloyd Garrison and Nathaniel Peabody Rogers. Subsequent chapters cover a history of anti-slavery in America, including a discussion of other individuals active in the cause...
GLC08666
circa 1841
Unknown
[Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 3]
"Resolved that American Slavery is fortified by law, & that the law is made by the Law Maker, & that the lawmaker is made by the votes of the people, thus making the people of the South clearly responsible for the continuance of slavery, in the...
GLC06593.06
[Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 6]
"Resolved that the institution of Slavery derives its Sustentation from sordid selfishness & unholy love of gain, that it is opposed... to the principles of the gospel of the blessed Saviour..." Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Location based on...
GLC06593.08
[Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 1]
"...Slavery is a sin. In as much as it denies practically & authentically the Equality of the human race by subjecting its victims to the condition of chattels personal, denying them the right of personal liberty, & which is the right of all, or of...
GLC06593.04
[Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 4]
"Resolved that the Church of Jesus Christ by its Constitution & its principles, is bound to use its influence against American Slavery, & that as it is an appointed means for the reformation of the world, that Church is delinquent in which does not...
GLC06593.07
July 1835
American Anti-Slavery Society
The Anti-Slavery Record. Vol 1, no. 7.
Published by the American Anti-Slavery Society, printed by S. W. Benedict & Co. With images of a schoolhouse and slave children being whipped, asks, "Which of these systems of education shall we hand down to posterity."
GLC09083
July 1858
Spooner, Lysander
A Plan for the Abolition of Slavery
"A Plan for the Abolition of Slavery," imploring non-slaveholding whites in the South to combine with slaves to overthrow plantation owners. "Your numbers, combined with those of the Slaves, will give you all power. You have but to use it, and the...
GLC09235
circa 1860s
[Slavery related collection] [Decimalized .01- .10]
Collection of 7 abolitionist and slavery related autograph letter signed and one John Brown carte-de-visite. Autograph letter signed dated 25 June 1861 from H. Giles, "If this war continues, we can not now even imagine our worst days - nor, do I...
GLC09190
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