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William Lloyd Garrison No Compromise with Slavery An Address Delivered to the Broadway Tabernacle, New York

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William Lloyd Garrison (December 12, 1805 – May 24, 1879) was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer. He is best known as the editor of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, which he founded in 1831 and published in Massachusetts until slavery was abolished by Constitutional amendment after the American Civil War. He was one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He promoted "immediate emancipation" of slaves in the United States. In the 1870s, Garrison became a prominent voice for the woman suffrage movement. [more]

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William Lloyd Garrison No Compromise with Slavery An Address Delivered to the Broadway Tabernacle, New York

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William Lloyd Garrison (December 12, 1805 – May 24, 1879) was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and [more]

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Monk's Walk A Year Students A Slave's Life

Slavery in Hertfordshire

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Some short stories about Slavery in Hertfordshire and what working on the estates might have been like

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George S. Merriam : The Negro And The Nation (fiscle Part-XI) A History Of American Slavery And Enfranchisement

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An English Traveler, Riding Along The Banks Of The Potomac In Mid-July, 1798, Saw Ahead Of Him On The Road An Old-Fashioned Chaise, Its Driver Urging Forward His Slow Horse With The Whip, Until A Sharp Cut Made The Beast Swerve, And The Chaise Toppled Over The Bank, Throwing Out The Driver And The Young Lady Who Was With Him. The Traveler--It Was John Bernard, An Actor And A Man Of Culture And Accomplishments, Spurred Forward To The Rescue. As He Did So He Saw Another Horseman Put His Horse From A Trot To A Gallop, And Together They Reached The Scene Of Action, Extricated The Woman And Revived Her From Her Swoon With Water From A Brook; Then Righted The Horse And Chaise, Helped To Restore The Half-Ton Of Baggage To Its Place; Learned The Story Of The Couple--A New Englander Returning Home With His Southern Bride--And Saw Them Safely Started Again. Then The Two Rescuers, After Their Half-Hour Of Perspiring Toil In A Broiling Sun, Addressed Themselves Courteously To Each Other; The Virginian Dusted The Coat Of The Englishman, And As Mr. Bernard Returned The Favor He Noticed Him Well,--"A Tall, Erect, Well-Made Man, Evidently Advanced In Years, But Who Appeared To Have Retained All The Vigor And Elasticity Resulting From A Life Of Temperance And Exercise. [more]

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Catharine E. Beecher An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism With reference to the duty of American females

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Catharine Esther Beecher (September 6, 1800 – May 12, 1878) was an American educator known for her forthright [more]

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George S. Merriam The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement

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An English traveler, riding along the banks of the Potomac in mid-July, 1798, saw ahead of him on [more]

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William Frederick Poole George Buchanan Anti-Slavery Opinions before the Year 1800 Read before the Cincinnati Literary Club, November 16, 1872

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This Book Author is William Frederick Poole. He was an American bibliographer and librarian. This book contain historical [more]

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Lydia Maria Child The Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act Anti-Slavery Tracts No. 9

An Appeal To The Legislators Of Massachusetts

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Lydia Maria Francis Child, born Lydia Maria Francis (February 11, 1802 – October 20, 1880), was an American [more]

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Jesse Macy The Anti-Slavery Crusade Volume 28 In The Chronicles Of America Series

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Jesse Macy (June 21, 1842 – November 2, 1919) was an American political scientist and historian of the [more]

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A Woodward A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery

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For the last two years a "still small voice" has constantly whispered to me, in private and in public, at home and abroad, saying, _write!_ It was in vain that I strove to quiet this inward monitor by pleading incapacity, poverty, want of time, &c.; he heeded not my excuses. I inquired what would become of my dependant family, should I relinquish the practice of my profession and engage in other pursuits? He answered, "Put thy trust in the Lord, and _write!_" I yielded not to his monitions, [more]

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