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24 March 1848
Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895)
North star. [Vol. 1, no. 13 (March 24, 1848)]
Douglass' Abolitionist newspaper; re: Theodore Parker's John Quincy Adams eulogy, anti-slavery meetings, etc. Waterstained across top.
GLC06865
9 March 1881
Foster, Abigail K. (fl. 1881)
to Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson
Abolitionist and suffragist Foster responds to questions from Robinson who was doing research for her book, "Massachusetts in the woman suffrage movement. A general, political, legal and legislative history from 1774 to 1881" (Boston, 1881). Foster...
GLC02076
10 May 1878
Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879)
to John Greenleaf Whittier
Garrison replies to a letter from Whittier, the Quaker poet and abolitionist. Discusses the deaths of other abolitionists. Whittier had informed Garrison of the death of Captain Jonathan Walker, a fellow abolitionist. Laments Walker's death...
GLC05748
1856 ca.
To the free men of the North [election] [large cloth-backed lithographed map]
Free Labor Party abolitionist map used during the 1856 presidential campaign, printed, with hand-coloring in red, black and green.
GLC06662
23 June 1862
Jackson, Henry (fl. 1861-1864)
to Richard H. Jackson
He asks him to thank John Davis and writes "I am not exactly an abolitionist..." Mr. Watson has begun a letter to Richard.
GLC07705.218
13 July 1861
American Anti-Slavery Society
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 22, no. 9, whole no. 1,101 (July 13, 1861)]
Includes a message from President Abraham Lincoln, a speech of abolitionist Wendell Phillips, and miscellaneous other reports. Published weekly by the American Anti-Slavery Society.
GLC08875.45
30 Jaunary 1835
Lovejoy, Elijah P. (Elijah Parish) (1802-1837)
to John Mason Peck
Lovejoy, an abolitionist, writes to Peck, a reverend in St. Louis. Requests Peck to stop sending copies of the "Pioneer," a paper containing criticism of Lovejoy. Docket is faded.
GLC02448.08
04 January 1829
Campbell, Thomas (1763-1854)
to Thomas Pringle
Confesses misplacing a paper. Encloses 3 pounds to help a child Pringle is sponsoring. Pringle was a Scottish abolitionist. Elder Campbell, a Seceder church preacher, was a founder of the Churches of Christ.
GLC00496.139
June 1845
Unknown
Address to the People of the United States, by the General Anti-Slavery Convention, of nearly 4,000 People, held in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 11, 1845
Abolitionist circular derived from an anti-slavery convention. Discusses the history of slavery, its relationship to the constitution, the Liberty Party, and the threatening influence of the "Slave Power."
GLC08442.05
11 December 1874
Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874)
to Ulysses S. Grant
Smith, a prominent abolitionist, philanthropist, and political reformer, transmits a circular (not included) which contains an extract from one of President Grant's recent speeches (not included, but possibly on the topic of civil rights).
GLC02448.14
1845
Child, Lydia Maria Francis (1802-1880)
Letters from New York : Second series.
Second volume of journalism published by author and abolitionist Child. Includes a chapter on the rights of women. First edition. Printed by C.S. Francis (New York) and J. H. France (Boston). BAL 3152.
GLC06218
1833
An Appeal in the Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans
First book of American abolitionist movement; inscribed in pencil with respects of "the author" to J. J. Dixwell. Exlibris stamp of Meadville Theological School on top, with duplicate sold stamp. Includes engravings.
GLC06867
circa 1870
[Incomplete essay on religious tolerance on verso of letter fragments from Edmonia Lewis and Samuel J. May]
Contains an incomplete essay (pages five, six, and seven) discussing religious tolerance written by Child, an author, scholar, and abolitionist. Child discusses religious tolerance, stating "People who are educated under one system of religion can...
GLC06114
11 March 1879
Thompson, Ruth Brown (1829-1904)
to Alexander Milton Ross
One letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated March 11, 1879. Thanks him for his book "Reflections and Experiences of an Abolitionist" and praises him for living a life of self-sacrifice.
GLC03007.56.15
14 August 1830
Burritt, Ann W. (fl. 1830)
Mrs. Burritt's defence of her husband; first published in the Southern recorder, Milledgeville, Geo. August 14, 1830.
Elijah Burritt's former partner, John G. Polhill, had charged that Burritt had distributed incendiary pamphlets written by African-American abolitionist David Walker. In this open letter to the editors, his wife states that her husband only sold the...
GLC00246.03
1851-1860
Stevens, Aaron D. (1831-1860)
to his brother and sisters [Decimalized .01- .13]
Group of 13 autograph letters signed of John Brown's associate about abolitionist activities in KA, IA, NM, and Charlestown. Written from various locations, including Charlestown jail awaiting execution for his participation in Harper's Ferry...
GLC07231
17 January 1861
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth (1823-1911)
to unknown
Higginson, a militant abolitionist, discusses an upcoming meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society: "About the defence of W. P. there is of course no question. All plans for the defence of the meeting must depend on the wish of the Society-...
GLC02448.07
4 October 1863
Tillotson, George W. (fl. 1830-1918)
To his wife
Received pile of mail, including a letter from Edwin and Mary [abolitionist relations] which "didn't set very well on my stomach." Health of other soldiers; comments that Charleston probably will not fall right away. News reports of Rosecrans and...
GLC04558.117
no date
[Obituary of David P. Harmon]
Describes Harmon as a horticulturalist, farmer, and abolitionist. Mentions that Harmon withdrew from his religious associations due to the "complicity of the church... with the crime of slavery." Harmon was also a member of the Masonic fraternity....
GLC06143.27
20 July 1858
Mann, Horace (1796-1859)
to G. F. Hilton
Mann, abolitionist and President of Antioch College, responds to a letter from Hilton. Of the college, he writes, "We still hold together here, internally & educationally, we have been doing very well; externally & financially, very bad, But we...
GLC02448.11
July 1892
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus (1848-1907)
to Mr. Kennard
Saint-Gaudens discusses his upcoming visit to Boston, Massachusetts with Kennard (possibly Martin P. Kennard, a Boston abolitionist and political reformer). States that any message Kennard leaves for him at the office of McKim, Mead, and White will...
GLC02928.02
14 January 1830
Wilberforce, William (1759-1833)
Wilberforce, a British abolitionist, writes from Highwood Hill, London. Invites Pringle to visit, and discusses travel arrangements in detail. Includes a post script on the same topic. Attached to a brown paper frame. Split along center fold....
GLC00496.252
10 April 1862
Hitchcock, Ethan Allen (fl. 1862)
to Mary C. Hitchcock
"Staton is not an abolitionist...He has made himself so antipodal to Fremont..." Stanton also "hates McClellan quite as badly....McClellan's plan of attack via Yorktown was one of the worst conceived military enterprises ever undertaken..." Left...
GLC08304
circa 1830-1840
Views of slavery
Abolitionist broadside with six images depicting kidnapping, torture, auction, and labor of slaves. With Channing quotation, "Our laws know no higher crime than that of reducing a man to slavery. To steal or to buy an African on his own shores is a...
GLC06477
Clark, Lewis Garrard (1812-1897)
Narrative of the sufferings of Lewis Clarke, during a captivity of more than twenty-five years, among the Algerines of Kentucky, one of the so called Christian states of North America.
Printed by David H. Ela. Signed on front and rear cover by Caleb Hobart of East Maison (possibly Tennessee). Dictated by Clark. With an introduction, verifying Clark's testimony, by Joseph Cammet Lovejoy (anti-slavery figure and brother of...
GLC06177
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