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Will the Gospel abolish slavery? A letter to Rev. Mr. Angier, Pastor of the Third Orthodox Church, Port Norfolk, Dorchester. ... Sept. 1st, 1860
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Blanchard, Hiram W., d. 1891
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[Boston : s.n., 1860]
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At a Meeting of Friends for New England, held on Rhode Island, in the sixth month, 1853. "The testimony of our religious society against the iniquitous system of slavery as it exists in some parts ... is we trust regarded by Friends as increasingly important. ..
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Yearly Meeting of Friends for New England (1845-1945)
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[Providence? : s.n., 1853]
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Church Anti-slavery Society, Tremont Temple, Tuesday, May 24, 1859, at 2 o'clock, P.M
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Church Anti-slavery Society
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[Boston] : Damrell & Moore, book and job printers, 16 Devonshire Street, Boston., [1859]
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In Assembly, Nov. 9th, 1820. (Offered by Mr. J.C. Spencer.) Resolutions relative to slavery
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New York (State). Legislature. Assembly
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[Albany : s.n., 1820]
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Correspondence. American anti-slavery efforts. To the editors of the Freeman. Respected friends,--Insinuations having been from time to time thrown out as to the infidelity of many of the leading members of the American Anti-slavery Society, your insertion of the following extracts from a letter of one of its most active members, now in this country, to the editor of a paper in Ohio, is a refutation of such charge. ..
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Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898
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[London? : s.n., 1855?]
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Church Anti-slavery Society, second anniversary, Tremont Temple, Tuesday, May 28, at 9 o'clock, A.M., and 7 1/2 P.M
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Church Anti-slavery Society
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[Boston : s.n., 1861]
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To the friends of liberty throughout the United States. The undersigned, at a public meeting of citizens of Boston, held at Faneuil Hall on the 25th inst., in relation to the recent arrest at Washington, of three men charged with assisting the escape of fugitive slaves, were authorized to collect money and employ counsel, for the purpose of defending those men, and of bringing before the Supreme Court of the United States, the question of the legality of slavery in the District of Columbia. ..
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[Boston : s.n., 1848]
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To the people of Massachusetts: Fellow citizens: The recent aggression of the slave power, in repealing that section of the Missouri Compromise Act which prohibited slavery in Kansas and Nebraska, calls for instant and effective action on the part of all sincere friends of freedom. ..
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[Worcester, Mass.? : s.n., 1854]
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Petition to secure to alleged fugitives the right of trial by jury. To the Congress of the United states: The undersigned, citizens and electors of the state of [blank] ..
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[United States : s.n., 1850]
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The slave's lamentation
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F. B.
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[United States : s.n., 1848]
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Mr. Choate's letter. Boston, Aug. 9, 1856. Gentlemen:--Upon my return last evening, after a short absence from the city, I found your letter of the 30th ult., inviting me to take part in the proceedings of the Whigs of Maine, assembled in mass meeting. ..
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Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859
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[Boston? : s.n., 1856]
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Boston, 10 Court Street, Nov. 3d, 1845. Reverend Sir: At a meeting of citizens, without distinction of party, held at Cambridge, Oct. 21st, 1845, the undersigned were appointed "to act as a state committee, to resist the admission of Texas as a slave state." ..
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Massachusetts State Texas Committee
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[Boston : s.n., 1845]
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Boston, November 5, 1845. Sir: At a meeting of citizens of Massachusetts, without distinction of party, held last evening in Faneuil Hall, Boston, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted by a unanimous vote ..
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Massachusetts State Texas Committee
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[Boston : s.n., 1845]
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Equity and expediency of compensated emancipation. No candid man, North or South, can hesitate to admit, that the antagonisms and estrangements, generated by the system of slavery, imperil the life of our beloved Union far more than a world of foreign foes could do. ..
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Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879
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[New York? : s.n., 1856?]
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Anti-Slavery Office, Boston, October 23, 1854. Dear Friend:--The present is the most auspicious period for the diffusion of anti-slavery sentiments and the inculcation of anti-slavery principles, that we have witnessed since the commencement of the enterprise, more than twenty years ago. ..
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American Anti-Slavery Society
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[Boston : s.n., 1854]
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The old "habeas corpus." A new song set to old music
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Mellen, G. W. F. (George Washington Frost)
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[Boston? : s.n., 1850?]
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White slaves. It is of the greatest importance to the workingmen of the United States to understand the true sentiments and objects of the leading traitors of the South. Their opinions of workingmen--who earn their support by their daily labor--are clearly set forth in the following extract from the speech of Mr. Hammond, of South Carolina, in the Senate of the United States, on the 4th of March, 1858. ..
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Democratic workingman
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[New York : Sold by Sinclair Tousey, 1863]
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To George M'Duffie, governor of South Carolina
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Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
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[Barre, Mass.] : A. Tyler, printer., [between 1844 and 1849]
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Slavery and the Boston riot. The following was written, shortly after the pro-slavery riot in Boston, by Angelina E. Grimke to William Lloyd Garrison
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Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879
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[Boston? : s.n., 1835]
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Circular. To each friend of liberty in the United States: Your prompt attention is earnestly requested to this communication. Please read it, with the annexed forms of petitions, and then act efficiently in the premises. ..
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American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
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[New York : s.n., 1850]
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Read and ponder the Fugitive slave law! Which disregards all the ordinary securities of personal liberty, which tramples on the Constitution, by its denial of the sacred rights of trial by jury, habeas corpus, and appeal, and which enacts, that the cardinal virtues of Christianity shall be considered, in the eye of the law, as crimes, punishable with the severest penalties,--fines and imprisonment. : Freemen of Massachusetts, remember, that Samuel A. Elliott of Boston, voted for this law, that Millard Filmore, our Whig president approved it and the Whig journals of Massachusetts sustain them in this iniquity
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United States
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[Worcester, Mass.] : Printed and for sale at the Spy Job Office, Worcester, Mass., [1850]
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Read and ponder the Fugitive slave law! Which disregards all the ordinary securities of personal liberty, which tramples on the Constitution, by its denial of the sacred rights of trial by jury, habeas corpus, and appeal, and which enacts, that the cardinal virtues of Christianity shall be considered, in the eye of the law, as crimes, punishable with the severest penalties,--fines and imprisonment. : Freemen of Massachusetts, remember, that Samuel A. Elliott of Boston, voted for this law, that Millard Filmore, our Whig president approved it and the Whig journals of Massachusetts sustain them in this iniquity
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United States
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[Worcester, Mass.] : Printed and for sale at the Spy Office., [1850]
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Platform of the American Party of Vermont. 1st. Resolved, that the State Council of Vermont,--cordially approving the action of its delegates a the late meeting of the National Council, at Philadelphia, in protesting against a platform in which the distingusihing principles of our order are made subordinate and subservient to the interests and demands of slavery, and in promptly withdrawing from said National Council ... hereby declares itself independent of the National Council and no longer bound by any of its acts. ..
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American Party (Vt.)
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[Vermont : s.n., 1855]
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Fasten this up in your place of business! The following correspondence has recently taken place between the governor of Alabama and Henry J. Gardner, governor of Massachusetts. Governor Gardner's reply has been truly characterized as excelling in power any document from a Massachusetts statesman, since Webster's great answer to Hayne. Freemen of Massachusetts, read it, and decide if it is not your duty, to support by your votes, the man who, on every occasion, has ably and manfully vindicated and upheld the dignity and character of the Old Bay State. ..
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[Massachusetts : s.n., 1856]
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Prospectus of the Kanzas times, a new weekly independent newspaper, to be published at Millard City, Kanzas Territory, the geographical centre of the U.S. possessions. By D. Denison Cone & Co. : A printing press has been obtained and the publication of the Times will commence as soon as sufficient funds are raised for its maintenance for one year. Will not the friends of free territory, all who cannot go to Kanzas themselves, aid us in this undertaking? ..
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D. Denison Cone & Co
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[Cincinnati? : Published by D. Denison Cone & Co., 1856 or 1857]
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To the faculty of the theological seminary in Hamilton: Gentlemen: The present hour brings me the no. of the Liberty press containing your letter. I am, doubtless, right in regarding it as your letter, notwithstanding it is entitled "Professor Eaton to Gerrit Smith." ..
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Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
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[Peterboro, N.Y. : s.n., 1843]
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Texas!! Every person is earnestly requested not to leave the polls without signing the remonstrance against the admission of Texas as a slave state! The committee, whose names are below, appointed by a meeting of citizens, without respect to party, opposed to the extension of slavery, held in Cambridge on the 21st of October, [1845], have made arrangements to present for signatures, this day, in every town in the commonwealth; a remonstrance in which they think all the true sons of Massachusetts, without distinction of party, will unite. ..
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Massachusetts State Texas Committee
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[Boston] : Farwell & Co. prs. 32 Congress St., [1845]
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To the friends of human liberty: We the undersigned citizens of Massachusetts thankful for the abolition of American slavery, view with horror the fact that five hundred thousand of our brethern groan beneath the chains of slavery at our very doors, in the island of Cuba. ... It is therefore resolved, that we hold a public meeting, at the Menonian, on Monday evening, December 23d. [1867], to take the necessary and proper action to advance the cause of universal freedom ..
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[Boston : s.n., 1867]
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Hon. Charles Hudson on the rights and duties of the free states, and the importance of "adhering to principle."
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Hudson, Charles, 1795-1881
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[Massachusetts? : s.n., 1848]
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Declaration of sentiments of the colored citizens of Boston, on the fugitive slave bill!!! Per adjournment, the Friends of Freedom rallied at Belknap Street Church, on Friday evening, October 5th, 1850, a vast concourse, including fugitives and their friends were in attendance,--the organization was completed as follows ..
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Friends of Freedom (Boston, Mass.)
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[Boston] : Printed [by George C. Jenks] at no. 86 Hanover Street--Boston., [1850]
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Office of the American Abolition Society, 48 Beekman Street, New York, May 10, 1858. Hon. [blank] Sir:--Allow me to suggest some thoughts concerning the main object aimed at, and apparently reached by the slave power, in its enactment of the Conference Lecompton bill; also, concerning the measures necessary to defeat that object. ..
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American Abolition Society
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[New York : s.n., 1858]
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Address of the Kanzas Constitutional Convention to the American public. The undersigned were appointed by the Constitutional Convention, to prepare an address to accompany the instrument which should emanate from this body. In performing this duty, we desire briefly to direct attention to that necessity in which the present movement of the people originated and the reasons why it should still meet with the hearty approval of every American citizen. ..
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Kansas. Constitutional Convention (1858)
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[Leavenworth, Kan.? : s.n., 1858]
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American Tract Society. To evangelical Christians, and especially to the society's colporteurs, superintendents, and general agents, and to editors of the religious press in the northern, middle, western, and north-western states: Dear Brethren--As some have questioned the wisdom of the secretaries in writing a brief letter to the friends and agents of the society and the press at the South, respecting the action at the anniversary, it seems due to make a brief explanation to our friends and agents at the North. ..
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American Tract Society
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[New York : s.n., 1857]
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"Free Soil." Position of the Democratic Party in Maine. The Democratic State Convention, which assembled at Portland, on the 28th of June, A.D. 1849, and which nominated Dr. John Hubbard of Hallowell for governor, passed the following resolve in relation to the subject of slavery. ... A committee ... reported an address, the closing part of which in relation to slavery, together with a brief biography of the nominee for governor, is as follows ..
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Democratic Party (Me.)
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[Portland, Me. : s.n., 1849]
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Corporal Pitman's great oration, pronounced on Salem Common July 4, 1854
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Pitman, Corporal
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[Salem, Mass. : s.n., 1854]
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Worcester, October 24th, 1849[.] Dear Sir:--The interest which we feel, and which you feel, in common with us, in the approaching election, induces us to address you at the present time. ... The terrible curse of slavery ... is threatening some of the finest lands ... May we not ... confine this evil ... within its present limits. ... In conclusion, we would ask you to communicate freely with us, giving us, from time to time, such information, concerning the Free Soil Party in your town, as, in your opinion, may be important for us to understand ..
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Worcester County Committee of the Free Democracy
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[Worcester, Mass. : s.n., 1849]
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The Voice of the Whigs of Ohio! The Omnibus Bill condemned, and the Ordinance of 1787 approved. In convention, Columbus, May 6, 1850
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[Columbus, Ohio? : s.n. ; 1850]
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Address of the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico. Manifesto of the Council and House of Representatives to the inhabitants of the territory of New Mexico. ..
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New Mexico. Legislative Assembly
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[Santa Fe, N.M. : s.n., 1862]
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Gov. Gardner's position. (Extract from the Fitchburg reveille of last week.) "We advocated the nomination of Mr. Gardner by the Republican convention last year, after being repeatedly assured by him and his friends that in any event he would abide the decision of the convention. ..
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[Fitchburg, Mass.? : s.n., 1856]
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Speech of the Hon. Cassius M. Clay. The following is the admirable, eloquent, and highly effective speech, delivered by the Hon. Cassius M. Clay, of Kentucky, at the Tremont Temple, on the evening of the nineteenth instant, after the adjournment of the great convention on Boston Common[.]
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Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903
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[Boston] : Printed by S.N. Dickinson, 52 Washington Street, Boston., [1844]
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Americans, freemen, It has been established out of the mouths of many witnesses, that the poor prisoner now in the slave pen! Court Square! is not the slave of the kidnapper Suttle!! Commissioner Loring will doubtless so decide to-day! ... But, will the victim then be set free? Believe it not ... The Fugitive slave bill ... allows that a man may be tried again ..
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[Boston : s.n., 1854]
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Speech of Wendell Phillips, Esq. The Sims case--Judge Shaw--Rufus Choate--John H. Pearson--Mayor Bigelow and Marshal Tukey. ... At Faneuil Hall, Friday evening, Jan. 30, 1852
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Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
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[Boston : s.n., 1852]
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To the people of R. Island. As fellow citizens deeply interested in common with you all in guarding our common liberties from every encroachment, a number of abolitionists assembled at Newport and there organized in meeting, ask leave to lay before you the following facts
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[Providence : s.n., 1836]
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The Slave-holders' call to Pennsylvania
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[Pennsylvania? : s.n., 1837?]
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Letter to Count Agenor Gasparin, Prof. Edouard Laboulaye, Augustin Cochin, and other friends of America in France. Gentlemen,--The Loyal National League in the City of New York, an organization having its ramifications throughout all the loyal states, and bound together by the simple pledge "to maintain unimpaired the national unity both in idea and territorial boundry," have charged us with the grateful duty, in their name, to thank you for your disinterested and distinguished services, in behalf of the American people and Union, in France. ..
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Loyal National League
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[New York: : s.n., 1863]
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American slavery. (From the Bristol Mercury, April 20th, 1850.) A public tea-meeting was held in the Broadmead-Rooms, on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of expressing sympathy with Mr. W. Wells Brown, a fugitave slave, from the southern states of the American union, and to assist him in his endeavours to promote the freedom of his enslaved brethren. ..
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[Bristol, England? : s.n., 1850?]
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Call for a northern convention. Whereas it must be obvious to all, that the American Union is constantly becoming more and more divided, by slavery, into two distinct and antagonistic nations; between whom harmony is impossible, and even ordinary intercourse is becoming dangerous. ... The undersigned respectfully invite their fellow citizens of the free states to meet in convention, at Cleveland, Ohio, October 28 and 29, 1857, to consider the practicability, probability, and expediency of a separation between the free and slave states ..
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[Worcester, Mass.? : s.n., 1857]
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The Voice of the clergy. Among the extraordinary incidents of the times is the fact that the Democratic State Central Committee has circulated through Pennsylvania, as a campaign document the letter of Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont, in which it is maintained that slavery, in the language of Judge Woodward, is an incalcuable [sic] blessing. The sentiments of Bishop Hopkins on this subject are so atrocious ... that the Episcopal clergy of Philadelphia have felt themselves constrained to define their position, as they have done, in the following manly and outspoken protest ..
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[Philadelphia : s.n., 1863]
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To the abolitionists of the county of Madison: I am receiving many invitations to plead the cause of the slave in your respective towns. ... Were I, however, able to accept these invitations, what could I say to you that would be new and instructive? Slavery is just what it was when I used to plead with you, so earnestly and so frequently, for your help to overthrow it. ..
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Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
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[Peterboro, N.Y.? : s.n., 1844]
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To the friends of the slave in the town of Smithfield: I have been at no small pains to learn the extent of the anti-slavery vote, at the late town meetings in this county. Having learnt it ... I hasten to lay it before you. ..
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Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
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[Peterboro, N.Y.? : s.n., 1844]
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