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"A new declaration of independence," by Samuel May

1 pp 1832

May says the American people must not submit to a slaveholding government.

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"I don't know what weakness may come over me, but I don't believe I shall ever deny my lord and master, Jesus Christ and I should deny him if I denied my principles against slavery."

1 pp 1800

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"I don't know what weakness may come over me, but I don't believe I shall ever deny my lord and master, Jesus Christ and I should deny him if I denied my principles against slavery."

1 pp 1800

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"I would never have drawn my sword in the cause of America if I could have conceived that thereby I was founding a land of slavery!"

1 pp 1800

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"The Refuge of Oppression," from David S. Grandin to Maria Weston Chapman

1 pp 1832

David S. Grandin intends this letter for publication in the Liberty Bell. He concludes the letter by remarking: "But when I see Wm Lloyd Garrison receiving any defence [sic] from the minions of slavery, when I hear him lauded by the haters of the anti-slavery enterprise for sentiments uttered against abolitionists then I shall think him deserving of a place in the Refuge of Oppression."

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"Unrighteous laws to be resisted," by Samuel May

1 pp 1832

May attacks the Fugitive Slave Law.

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"Your late purchase of an estate with a view of emancipating the slaves on it is a generous and noble proof of your humanity! Would to God a like spirit might diffuse itself generally into the minds of the people of this country."

1 pp 1800

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16th National Anti-Slavery Bazaar to Samuel May Jr., 1849

1 pp 1850

Receipted bill, comprising itemized account of expenses.

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3 envelopes addressed to the Westons

1 pp 1832

One envelope is addressed to Lucia Weston and contains an engraving by James Valetine of Dundee, Scotland. An inscription from Isaiah 11:4 of "Nations shall not lift up sword against nation. Neither shall they learn war any more." One envelope addressed to Miss Weston from unknown also contains an engraving from James Valentine of Dundee, Scotland in which an inscription says, "Arbitration for war. Universal brotherhood. Freedom of Commerce." One envelope is not addressed to anyone and has an engraving of a liberty bell with an inscription on it "Proclaim Liberty All the Inhabitants" with an address, "Magee, 316 Chestnut St." On the back is a "Twenty-Million-Power Memorial to Congress" written during the civil war or "rebellion."

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A disturber of the peace by Amos Augustus Phelps, [ca. 1841?]

1 pp 1841

This item contains Amos A. Phelps's account of how Stephan Symonds Foster, “an abolitionist of the Garrison school, & a disturber of the peace of the Abby-Folsom school,” caused trouble at the meeting of antislavery ministers and members of Congregational churches in the city, "claim[ing] the right to speak,"

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A man kidnapped!

1 pp 1854

This broadside publicizes the arrest of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns, who escaped from Richmond, Virginia and made his way to Boston where, on May 24th, 1854, he was arrested. While he was awaiting trial for extradition to Virginia, a large crowd of abolitionists and anti-slavery sympathizers stormed the jail in which he was held in an attempt to free him. Federal troops were eventually sent to Boston to support the extradition, and Burns was ultimately returned to Virginia. He was later ransomed from slavery, eventually obtaining an education at Oberlin College and becoming a Baptist minister.

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A, Hill, Shreveport, La.., autograph letter signed to Ziba B. Oakes, 5 May 1854

1 pp 1854

Asks cost of buying and shipping to New Orleans a few young Negroes.

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"A new declaration of independence," by Samuel May

"I don't know what weakness may come over me, but I don't believe I shall ever deny my lord and master, Jesus Christ and I should deny him if I denied my principles against slavery."

"I don't know what weakness may come over me, but I don't believe I shall ever deny my lord and master, Jesus Christ and I should deny him if I denied my principles against slavery."

"I would never have drawn my sword in the cause of America if I could have conceived that thereby I was founding a land of slavery!"

"The Refuge of Oppression," from David S. Grandin to Maria Weston Chapman

"Unrighteous laws to be resisted," by Samuel May

"Your late purchase of an estate with a view of emancipating the slaves on it is a generous and noble proof of your humanity! Would to God a like spirit might diffuse itself generally into the minds of the people of this country."

16th National Anti-Slavery Bazaar to Samuel May Jr., 1849

3 envelopes addressed to the Westons

A disturber of the peace by Amos Augustus Phelps, [ca. 1841?]

A man kidnapped!

A, Hill, Shreveport, La.., autograph letter signed to Ziba B. Oakes, 5 May 1854