American Anti-Slavery Society

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American Anti-Slavery Society, also known as the AASS (established 1833–disestablished 1870) was an abolitionist society founded by William Lloyd Garrison, and Arthur Tappan. Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave, was a key leader of this society who often spoke at its meetings. William Wells Brown was also a freed slave who often spoke at meetings. By 1838, the society had 1,350 local charters with around 250,000 members.
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creatorOf Ada. Scrapbook on slavery, [183-?]. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857. Letter : American Anti-Slavery Society, 1838 July 4. Harold B. Lee Library
referencedIn William L. Clements Library. James G. Birney papers, 1816-1884, bulk 1820-1856. William L. Clements Library
referencedIn May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871. Samuel Joseph May diary, 1868. Cornell University Library
referencedIn May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871. Samuel J. May diary, 1869. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Hudson family. Hudson family papers, 1807-1963. University of Massachusetts Amherst, W.E.B. Du Bois Library
referencedIn Dr. Hiram Corson family papers, 1827-1896 Historical Society of Montgomery County
referencedIn Jackson, Francis, 1789-1861. At a full meeting of some of the warmest advocates of the Anti-Slavery cause in Boston: Letter from Francis Jackson et al., 1843 January 9. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Goodell, William, 1792-1878. The William Goodell Family Papers 1780-1892 1820-1878 Berea College, Hutchins Library
referencedIn Samuel Joseph May diary, 1861. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Lutz, Alma,. Collection of documents by and about abolitionists and women's rights activists, 1775-1943 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Jenkyn, Thomas W. (Thomas William), 1794?-1858. Letter, 1833. New-York Historical Society
referencedIn Kimball, J. Horace (Joseph Horace), 1813-1838. Papers, 1831-1838. New Hampshire Historical Society Library
referencedIn Sydney Howard Gay papers, ca. 1837-1886 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Hudson Family Papers MS 332., 1807-1963 Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries
creatorOf Gouverneur, Samuel L. (Samuel Lawrence), 1799-1867. Samuel L. Gouverneur correspondence, 1822-1851. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Mott Manuscripts Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892. Letter, 1837 August 14, [New York], to "My Dear Sisters" [Sarah M. and A.E. Grimké] / Jn. G Whittier. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Monroe, James, 1821-1898. Papers 1819-1898. Oberlin College Library
referencedIn Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906. Susan B. Anthony papers, 1846-1934 (bulk 1846-1906). Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871. Samuel Joseph May diary, 1865. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Foster, Abby Kelley, 1811-1887. Papers, 1837-1893. American Antiquarian Society
referencedIn Codding, Ichabod, 1810-1866. Family papers [microform], 1807-1937 (bulk 1836-1883) Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873. Papers, 1809-1903, (bulk 1809-1872) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn T. Butler King Papers,  , 1773-1868, 2003, (bulk 1835-1868) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Papers of Professor Henry William Wilder Foote and Family, 1714-1959 Andover-Harvard Theological Library
referencedIn Weld family. Weld-Grimké family papers, 1740-1930, bulk 1825-1893. William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Robinson, Marius Racine, 1806-1878. Papers, 1830-1837 / Marius Racine Robinson. Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
referencedIn Foster, Abby Kelley, 1811-1887. Papers, 1836-1891. Gadsden Public Library
referencedIn Neall, Daniel, 1817-1894. Papers, 1834-1977, bulk 1834-1884. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906. Papers, 1846-1934 (bulk 1846-1906) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Burleigh, Charles Calistus, 1810-1878. Papers, 1844-1859. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
creatorOf American Anti-Slavery Society. American Anti-Slavery Society records, 1833-1840. Library of Congress
referencedIn Hudson Family Papers MS 79., 1825-1865 Sophia Smith Collection
referencedIn Ward, Prudence, 1795-1874. Correspondence of Prudence Ward and Anne J. Ward, 1839-1906. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Lutz, Alma, 1890-1973. Collection of documents by and about abolitionists and women's rights activists, 1775-1943 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873. Papers, 1809-1903, (bulk 1809-1872) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873. Lewis Tappan papers, 1809-1903 (inclusive), [microform]. Yale University Library
referencedIn James G. Birney papers 1816-1884 1820-1856 Birney, James G. papers William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Codding, Ichabod, 1810-1866. Family papers, 1807-1937 (bulk 1836-1883) Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Samuel L. Gouverneur correspondence, 1822-1851 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Pennypacker, E. F. (Elijah Funk), 1804-1888. Letters, 1839-1861. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892. ALsS, 1881-1883, Danvers, [MA]. Haverford College Library
referencedIn May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871,. May Anti-Slavery pamphlet collection, 1773-1934 (bulk 1830-1880). Cornell University Library
referencedIn Stanton, Henry B. (Henry Brewster), 1805-1887. Letter, 1839 June 25, New York, to James [Morril?], Boscawen, N.H. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871. Samuel Joseph May diary, 1859. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Grew family. Grew Family Papers, 1767-1904; bulk=1815-1866. Peabody Essex Museum
creatorOf Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888. Sydney Howard Gay papers, ca. 1837-1886. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Garrison, James H. Maloney collection of McKim-Garrison family papers, ca. 1814-1940. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871. Samuel J. May diary, 1867. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877. Correspondence, Sept. 16, 1844-1876. Temple University Libraries, Paley Library
referencedIn Hutchins Library. Anti-slavery Collection 1769-1865. Berea College, Hutchins Library
referencedIn Drew, Thomas Bradford, 1834-1898. Diaries, 1849-1898. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Samuel Joseph May Diary, 1866. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Weld-Grimké family papers 1740-1930 1825-1893 Weld-Grimké family papers William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Collection, 1788-1890 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884. Papers, 1555-1882 (bulk: 1833-1881) Houghton Library
referencedIn Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879. William Lloyd Garrison papers, 1854-1879. Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library
referencedIn Curtiss, Homer, 1800-1880. Papers, 1836-1863. Connecticut Historical Society
referencedIn May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871. Samuel J. May diary, 1860. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Harmonic Society of Newark (Newark, N.J.). Record book, 1830-1838 (bulk 1830). New Jersey Historical Society Library
referencedIn Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895. Abolitionist Collection, 1834-1884. William & Mary Libraries
referencedIn Elizur Wright Papers, 1793-1935, (bulk 1830-1885) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Foster, Abby Kelley, 1811-1887. Papers, 1836-1891. Gadsden Public Library
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