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John F. Hume, The abolitionists together with personal memories of the struggle for human rights, Chapter 9: Anti-slavery societies (search)
not of Boston's first citizens by any means. It is said that if they had been called upon for a hundred dollars each, not over two of them could have responded without bankruptcy. The twelve came together at night and in the basement of an African Baptist Church, the room being used in the daytime to accommodate a school for colored children. It was in an obscure quarter of Boston known as Nigger Hill. The conference was in the month of December, and the night is thus described by Oliver Johnson, who was one of the twelve: A fierce northeast storm, combining rain, snow, and hail in about equal proportions, was raging, and the streets were full of slush. They were dark, too, for the city of Boston in those days was very economical of light on Nigger Hill. Both nature and man seemed to be in league against those plucky pioneers of an unpopular cause. They, however, were not dismayed nor disheartened. It was as they were stepping out into the gloomy night, that Mr. Garrison,
John F. Hume, The abolitionists together with personal memories of the struggle for human rights, Chapter 23: Rolls of honor (search)
of its apostolic mission. It was to be the forerunner in an ever-memorable revolution. The names of the twelve subscribers to its declaration of views and aims will always have a place in American history. They were William Lloyd Garrison, Oliver Johnson, William J. Snelling, John E. Fuller, Moses Thatcher, Stillman E. Newcomb, Arnold Buffum, John B. Hall, Joshua Coffin, Isaac Knapp, Henry K. Stockton, and Benjamin C. Bacon. As a suggestion from, if not an offshoot of, the New England orga a very vigorous Anti-Slavery editor and the husband of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the champion of women's rights; Theodore Parker, the great Boston divine; 0. B. Frothingham, another famous preacher; Thomas Wentworth Higginson, the writer; Samuel Johnson, C. L. Redmond, James Monroe, A. T. Foss, William Wells Brown, Henry C. Wright, G. D. Hudson, Sallie Holley, Anna E. Dickinson, Aaron M. Powell, George Brodburn, Lucy Stone, Edwin Thompson, Nathaniel W. Whitney, Sumner Lincoln, James Boyle, Gile
John F. Hume, The abolitionists together with personal memories of the struggle for human rights, Index (search)
ssouri secede, 186-188; outwitted by Nathaniel Lyon, 188. Jackson, Stonewall, defeat of, 184. Jewitt, Daniel E., 202. Johnson, Andrew, 171, 180. Johnson, Oliver, 73, 201. Johnson, Samuel, 205. Jones, David, 203. Joselyn, Simeon, 203. Julian,Johnson, Oliver, 73, 201. Johnson, Samuel, 205. Jones, David, 203. Joselyn, Simeon, 203. Julian, Geo. W., Political Recollections, 177. K Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 44. Kedzie, James, 208-2 10. Kelly, Abby, 38-39. Kendrick, John, 205. Kentucky, 21. Kimball, David T., Jr., 202. King, Leicester, 205. Kingsley, Alpheus, 203. Knapp, Isaac,Johnson, Samuel, 205. Jones, David, 203. Joselyn, Simeon, 203. Julian, Geo. W., Political Recollections, 177. K Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 44. Kedzie, James, 208-2 10. Kelly, Abby, 38-39. Kendrick, John, 205. Kentucky, 21. Kimball, David T., Jr., 202. King, Leicester, 205. Kingsley, Alpheus, 203. Knapp, Isaac, 201. Know-Nothings, 9. L Lafayette, 7. Lane, James H., 194-197; canvas for U. S. Senator, 196-197; attitude on slavery, 197. Lawrence, city of, capture by Quantrell, 165; butchery of inhabitants, 165. Leavitt, Joshua, 205. Lewis, Evan, 20 loyalty of, 182-183. Missouri Democrat, The, 157-158; and Louis Snyder, 158-159; opposition to Lincoln, 180; support of Johnson, 180. Monroe, James, 205. Moody, Loring, 205. Morris, Senator, 205. Mott, Mrs. Lucretia, 38, 102-103. Mott, James,