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1836
Grimke, Angelina E., 1805-1879
Appeal to the Christian women of the south
Published by the American Anti-Slavery Society. Among other arguments, Grimke denounces Biblical justifications of slavery. Loosely bound with string.
GLC08642
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
1833
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
The Abolitionist
Volume 1, numbers 1 - 11 of a monthly magazine advocating the abolition of slavery. The eleven issues are bound together in one book. Includes articles from numerous sources on emancipation, colonization and many other evangelical and slavery...
GLC08844
19 June 1838
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Letter of Gerrit Smith to President Schmucker.
Smith discusses his and Schmucker's shared disapproval of the Colonization Society. Defends the Anti-Slavery Society against Schmucker's criticism. Also covers Schmucker's opinions of temperance. Contains several spots of water damage in former...
GLC08873
1852
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Uncle Tom's cabin; or, life among the lowly.
First edition, first printing (with Hobart & Robbins on the copyright pages). Rebound, with original cloth binding bound into back. Boston, John P. Jewett & company; Cleveland, Ohio, Jewett, Proctor & Worthington. Two volume set housed together in...
GLC01361
22 November 1819
King, Rufus, 1755-1827
Substance of Two Speeches, Delivered in the Senate of the United States on the Subject of the Missouri Bill
Printed pamphlet written by King as an anti-slavery U.S. Senator from New York. King also signed the U.S. Constitution in 1787. King was asked to write the pamphlet, which summarized his two anti-slavery speeches given before the U.S. Senate during...
GLC02384
1837
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
Fifth annual report of the Board of Managers of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, with some account of the annual meeting, January 25, 1837.
First edition. Printed by Isaac Knapp. List of lifetime members of the Society on the back cover. Contains a report and proceedings of the annual meeting, which began on 25 January. One section of the report states: "Abolitionists may not...
GLC00267.051
1839
Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842
Remarks on the slavery question, in a letter to Jonathan Phillips Esq.
Attacks colonizationists like Senator Henry Clay, "who dream of removing slavery by the process of draining it off to another country; a process about as reasonable as that of draining the Atlantic." He also argues that colonization confirms racial...
GLC00267.052
1851
Peabody, Ephraim, 1807-1856
Slavery in the United States: its evils, alleviations and remedies.
Reprinted from the North American Review. Sees colonization as the only solution to slavery. "Were legal slavery abolished at the South, it would probably be centuries before it could be abolished from the Southern mind." Believes abolitionist...
GLC00267.056
1864
Murphy, John, 1812-1880
Proceedings of the bench and bar of Baltimore, upon the occasion of the death of the Hon. Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Prints speeches of Maryland lawyers and judges eulogizing Taney. Includes speeches of William Price, District Attorney, Judge Giles, Mr. Wallis, William Schley, Judge Merrick, Andrew Sterett Ridgely, and Reverdy Johnson, an abolitionist who...
GLC00267.059
1865
Baker, Godwin & Co.
The unjust judge. A memorial of Roger Brooke Taney, late Chief Justice of the United States.
Contains a critical review of Taney's career and his decision in the Dred Scott case, where he upheld the existing slavery laws. Discusses the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution as they relate to the issue of slavery in the United...
GLC00267.060
1857
Nott, Samuel, 1788-1869
Slavery and the remedy; or, the principles and suggestions for a remedial code.
"Fifth edition: with a review of the decision of the supreme court in the case of Dred Scott." First edition published after Dred Scott, with a review of the case. Nott is an apologist for the court. Reminds readers of the possibility of secession...
GLC00267.061
1840
Slade, William, 1786-1859
Speech of Mr. Slade, of Vermont, on the right to petition; the power of Congress to abolish slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia;...
Title continues, "...the implied faith of the north and the south to each other in forming the constitution; and the principles, purposes, and prospects of abolition." Slade, a Congressman from Vermont, protests the Gag rule, which prohibited the...
GLC00267.093
1841
Ingersoll, Charles J., 1782-1862
Speech of Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll, of Pennsylvania, on the subject of the reception of abolition petitions.
Speech given in the House of Representatives 8 & 9 June 1841. Printed at the Globe Office, Washington, D.C.
GLC00267.094
1844
Severance, Luther, 1797-1855
Speech of Mr. Severance, of Maine on the right of petition.
Delivered in the House of Representatives, 16 February 1844. Discusses the ban on receiving any petitions regarding the abolition of slavery in the House of Representatives. Printed by J. and G.S. Gideon, Washington, D.C. Partially uncut.
GLC00267.095
1845
Stewart, Alvan, 1790-1849
A legal argument before the Supreme Court of the state of New Jersey... for the deliverance of 4,000 persons from bondage.
Delivered at the May term in Trenton, New Jersey. Challenges state laws concerning slavery because they contradict New Jersey's 1844 constitution which abolished slavery. Published by Finch & Weed, New York. Printed by S.W. Benedict.
GLC00267.069
1856
Jagger, William, fl. 1856
To the people of Suffolk Co. Information, acquired from the best authority, with respect to the institution of slavery.
Suffolk County in New York. First edition. Printed by R. Craighead, New York.
GLC00267.080
1847
Bushnell, Horace, 1802-1876
Barbarism the first danger. A discourse for home missions.
Claims that slavery has diminished southern society. Printed for the American Home Missionary Society, by William Osborn in New York. Bushnell was the pastor of the North Church in Hartford, Connecticut.
GLC00267.081
1860
O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847
Daniel O'Connell upon American slavery: with other Irish testimonies.
Anti-Slavery tracts no. 5, new series. Published by the American Anti-slavery Society.
GLC00267.088
1870
Lyman, Theodore, 1833-1897
Papers related to the Garrison mob.
Describes the October 1835 mob which kept William Lloyd Garrison, the editor of the Liberator, an anti-slavery newspaper, from having a meeting where Mr. George Thompson, an abolitionist, was to speak. Garrison had to be put in the jail to be...
GLC00267.089
Keep, John, fl. 1837
An address, delivered December 22, 1837, in the village of Lockport, N.Y. commemorative of the martyrdom of Rev. E. P. Lovejoy, who was killed by the mob...
Title continues, "... in the city of Alton, Ill., on the night of November 7, 1837." Elijah P. Lovejoy was a Presbyterian minister, editor of a religious newspaper who was killed by a pro-slavery mob. Keep was the pastor of the Presbyterian Church...
GLC00267.090
Stanton, Henry B. (Henry Brewster), 1805-1887
Remarks of Henry B. Stanton in the Representatives Hall... on the subject of slavery.
Delivered on 23 and 24 February before the Committee of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts. Published by Isaac Knapp in Boston. Protests the Gag rule passed by Congress which stated that slavery in the District of Columbia could not be...
GLC00267.092
1820
Sergeant, John, 1779-1852
Speech of Mr. Sergeant, on the Missouri question.
First edition. Speech delivered in the House of Representatives arguing that Missouri should be added to the Union as a free state. Sergeant was a Congressman from Pennsylvania.
GLC00267.098
1855
Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860
The trial of Theodore Parker for the "misdemeanor" of a speech in Faneuil Hall against kidnapping, before the circuit court of the United States...
(title continues)... at Boston, April 3, 1855. With the defence. Published for the author. Other works by Parker are listed on the last two pages.
GLC00267.096
1819
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
A memorial to the Congress of the United States on the subject of restraining the increase of slavery in new states to be admitted into the Union.
Memorial from the citizens of Boston. "Prepared in pursuance of a vote of the inhabitants of Boston and its vicinity, assembled at the State house, on the third of December, A.D. 1819." Committee composed of Daniel Webster, George Blake, Josiah...
GLC00267.097
Allen, George, 1792-1883
An appeal to the people of Massachusetts, on the Texas question
Appeals to the people to oppose the annexation, arguing that adding Texas to the Union will further entrench and empower the institution of slavery. Suggests holding a convention. Attributed to "A Massachusetts Freeman." Printed by Charles C...
GLC00267.104
1850
Stuart, Moses, 1780-1852
Conscience and the constitution with remarks on the recent speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster on the subject of slavery.
Published by Crocker & Brewster. Stuart discusses the problems of ending slavery. In closing, writes "The last thing I have to say, is, to ask the question, whether it would not be a feasible thing, and the best thing we can do, to colonize the...
GLC00267.138
Clark, Rufus Wheelwright, 1813-1886
A Review of the Rev. Moses Stuart's pamphlet on slavery, entitled conscience and the Constitution.
Published by C. C. P. Moody. Clark, pastor of the North Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, rebuts Stuart's argument regarding slavery (Stuart argued for colonization; refer to GLC00267.138). In closing, writes "...notwithstanding the strong...
GLC00267.139
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
The South Bend fugitive slave case, involving the right to a writ of habeas corpus.
Reports on the legal case of Norris vs. Newton. Case pertains to an enslaved person seeking emancipation. Marked for sale at the Anti-slavery office, 48 Beekman Street, 1851.
GLC00267.144
New England Emigrant Aid Company
Memorial of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, praying indemnification for the destruction of property, at Lawrence, Kansas, May 21, 1856.
37th Congress, 3d Session, Senate. Mis. Doc. No. 29. Offers eye-witness accounts of the sack of Lawrence, Kansas, including an account submitted by William Hutchinson, secretary of the Kansas Central Committee and a special correspondent for the...
GLC00267.159
Argument of Wendell Phillips, Esq. before the Committee on Federal Relations, (of the Massachusetts Legislature,) ...
Title continues "... in support of the petitions for the removal of Edward Greely Loring from the office of Judge of Probate." Inscribed with the initials W.P. to Albert G. Brown. Calls for the removal of Massachusetts probate Judge Loring because...
GLC00267.149
1859
Shipherd, Jacob R. (Jacob Rudd), 1836-1905
History of the Oberlin-Wellington rescue.
Published by John P. Jewett and Company. Also published in Cleveland, Ohio, by Henry P. B. Jewett, and in New York City by Sheldon and Company.
GLC00267.153
1880
Bearse, Austin, fl. 1880
Reminiscences of fugitive-slave days in Boston.
Bearse, a Massachusetts native, served as a mate on many ships transporting enslaved people up and down the coast between 1818 and 1830. He shares his experiences from these days, showing great empathy for the enslaved people with whom he came into...
GLC00267.154
1854
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
The landmark of freedom. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner against the repeal of the Missouri prohibition of slavery north of 36 30'.
Published by John P. Jewett and Company. Published in Cleveland, Ohio, by Jewett, Proctor, and Worthington. Contains a Burnham Brothers College, School, and Library imprint on front cover. Bound with string. Pages are gilt-edged.
GLC00267.157
Controversy between New-York Tribune and Gerrit Smith.
Printed by John A. Gray. Smith, a United States Representative 1853-1854, had been accused of missing an important vote on the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. Claiming previous misrepresentation in the Tribune, argues that he voted against the Kansas...
GLC00267.158
Last three speeches on Kansas and freedom.
Published by Higgins and Bradley. Includes "Origination of Appropriation Bills" (delivered 7 February), "The Abrogation of Treaties" (delivered 6 March), and "The Crime Against Kansas. The Apologies for the Crime. The True Remedy" (19 and 20 May...
GLC00267.162
1861
Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907
The Rejected stone: or insurrection vs. resurrection in America. By a native of Virginia
Conway's authorship marked as "By a Native of Virginia." Published by Walker, Wise, and Company at 245 Washington Street. Printed by Welch, Bigelow, & Co. First edition. A plea for emancipation divided into 19 chapters. Original red printed...
GLC00267.248
1862
The Golden Hour.
Signed by Julia Piatt, 29 July 1862, Washington, D.C. Conway was an American author and preacher, and ardent abolitionist. He lectured in England during the Civil War in the interests of the North. The Golden Hour is a plea for the emancipation of...
GLC00267.249
Lincoln, Levi, 1782-1868
Speech of Mr. Lincoln, of Massachusetts: delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, Feb. 7, 1837, on the resolution to censure the Hon. John Q. Adams...
(title continues)... for inquiring of the Speaker, whether a paper, purporting to come from enslaved people, came within the resolution laying on the table all petitions relating to slavery. Printed by Gales and Seaton. Reported by the editor of...
GLC00267.369
1885-1889
Garrison, Wendell Phillips, 1840-1907
William Lloyd Garrison: the story of his life, told by his children
Published by The Century Co., New York. Illustrated with wood engravings. Volume 1 covers 1805-1835, Vol. 2 1835-1840, Vol. 3 1841-1860, and Vol. 4 1861-1879.
GLC00267.368
The Slave Oligarchy and its usurpations. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, November 2, 1855, in Faneuil Hall, Boston.
First edition. Printed by Buell & Blanchard, Printers, Washington, D.C. Sumner urges voters, "Are you for Freedom, or are you for Slavery? ... Above all other questions, whether national or local, it now lifts itself, directly into the path of...
GLC00267.001
Hunter, R.M.T., 1809-1887
Speech of Hon. Robert M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, on the resolutions of the Massachusetts legislature concerning the assault on Mr. Sumner.
Signed by Hunter on a a piece of paper pasted to the title page. Delivered in the senate of the United States, 24 June 1856. Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, Washington, D.C. Hunter was a senator from Virginia.
GLC00267.003
Stewart, James A. (James Augustus), 1808-1879
Speech of Hon. James A. Stewart, of Maryland, on African slavery, its status-- natural, moral, social, legal, and constitutional...
Title continues, "...and the origin, progress, present condition, and future destiny of the United States, considered in connection with African slavery as a part of its social system; with the bearings of that institution upon the interests of all...
GLC00267.004
1834
Grosvenor, Cyrus P., 1792-1879
Address before the Anti-Slavery Society of Salem and the vicinity in the south meeting-house, in Salem, February 24, 1834.
Highlights criticism of enslavers and their source of labor. "We at the North work for our own support, with no dishonor and with essential benefit to ourselves...; and the gentlemen of the South need not think it too much to go and do likewise. If...
GLC00267.011
1863
Cairnes, John Elliott, 1823-1875
The Slave-power: Its character, career and probable designs: Being an attempt to explain the real issues involved in the America contest.
Second edition. Published by Macmillan and Company. Contains pencil notes on title page. Includes dedication to John Stuart Mill: "...the opportunity of connecting my name in public with that of one from whose works I have profited more largely...
GLC00267.014
1791
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.
An abstract of the evidence delivered before a select committee of the House of Commons in the years 1790 and 1791...
(title continues)... on the part of the petitioners for the abolition of the slave trade. Pamphlet bound as a book. With a note "Printed at the expense of the society in Newcastle for promoting the abolition of the slave-trade. Includes one...
GLC00267.028
1816
Urquhart, Thomas, fl. 1816
A letter to Wm Wilberforce, Esq. M.P. on the subject of Impressment; calling on him and the philanthropists of this country ...
Title continues "... to prove those feelings of sensibility they expressed in the cause of humanity on negro slavery, by acting with the same ardor and zeal in the cause of British seamen." First edition. Published for the benefit of the Maritime...
GLC00267.029
1830
Mercer, Charles Fenton, 1778-1858
Slave trade.
Mercer reports for "the committee to whom were referred the memorial of the American Society for colonizing the free people of color of the United States; also, sundry memorials from the inhabitants of the State of Kentucky, and a memorial from...
GLC00267.035
19 February 1847
New Hampshire Senate
Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire in relation to slavery and the domestic slave trade.
29th Congress, 2d session, document no. 155. Opposes slavery in the territories, favors abolition in the District of Columbia and abolition of the domestic slave trade. Signed in print by John P. Hale as Speaker of the House, James U. Parker as...
GLC00267.037
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