A notice from the Zion’s Watchman appears here, extracted from a letter dated Oct 21, 1838, from Paris. The letter is from the correspondent of the New York American, no…
October 24, 2006
March 31, 1848 “The Provisional Government acknowledged by Great Britain and the United States – Slavery abolished in the French Colonies —All Europe Shaken” This heading introduces several items describing…
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December 6, 2006
July 18, 1851 A letter from Maria Weston Chapman, written to the editor of the Anti-Slavery Standard, gives encouraging word of a gathering of women with whom she met while…
December 6, 2006
August 8, 1851 In a letter to Maria Weston Chapman, Hugo speaks strongly against slavery: “Slavery in the United States! It is the duty of this republic to set such…