Anti-slavery Collection 1769-1865.

Garrett, Thomas, 1789-1871

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Abolitionist; joined Pennsylvania Abolition Society in 1818; his home in Wilmington, Del. was a refuge for slaves and an Underground Railroad station which caused Md. to offer a reward of $10,000 for his arrest. Arrested in 1848, convicted, fined. Helped about 2,000 salves to escape. From the description of Deed of sale, 1832 March 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122582919 Quaker abolitionist. From the description of Address to the colourd people of St. Helena...

Goodell, William, 1792-1878

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William Goodell, a religious reformer, was born on October 25, 1792, in Coventry, New York, the son of Rhoda Guernsey and Frederick Goodell. Not having the money to attend college, he worked in various businesses from 1811-1827. However, he tired of that life, and being interested in writing, he decided to be a journalist. He became involved in various reform movements. At first, he focused his efforts on supporting temperance, but in 1833 he switched to the subjects of abolition and civil right...

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Abolitionists

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Coffin, Levi, 1798-1877

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American abolitionist. From the description of Autograph entry signed : [Ohio], 1868 Sept. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 639971724 Quaker abolitionist, businessman and store keeper of Wayne County, Ind. From the description of Bill, 1845, Camden, Ind. [to] Jonathan Gove. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 27660449 Abolitionist and businessman. From the description of Levi Coffin correspondence, 1849. (Unknown). Wor...

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....

New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been, or May Be Liberated

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Abolition society organized 1785 in New York City. Alexander Hamilton was one of the founders, and many of its members were Quakers. From the description of List of members, 1787-1827. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 67837530 Society was organized in New York, N.Y., in 1780. From the description of List of members of the New York Manumission Society, 1787-1827. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155547838 Society established 1785 to publicly promot...

Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857

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Biographical Note: James G. Birney was an attorney, an abolitionist writer and publisher. He was born in Kentucky in 1784 to a wealthy, slaveholding family, but he abandoned a successful law practice to become an agent for abolitionism. Birney hoped to accomplish the abolition of slavery through political means and through the publication of books, pamphlets, and newspapers. He was the Liberty Party's unanimous presidential nominee in 1840 and 1844. James G. Birney died in 1853. From...