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William A. Smith, DD. President of Randolph-Macon College , and Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy., Lectures on the Philosophy and Practice of Slavery as exhibited in the Institution of Domestic Slavery in the United States: withe Duties of Masters to Slaves., Lecture I. Introductory African slavery in the United States . (search)
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 227 (search)
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a Psalm of Freedom. by Rev. E. H. Sears, of Wayland, mass. Still wave our streamer's glorious folds O'er all the brave and true, Though ten dim stars have turned to blood On yonder field of blue. It is our nation's judgment-day That makes her stars to fall; And all the dead start from their graves At Freedom's trumpet-call. Lo, on the thunders of the storm She rides,--an angel strong; “Now my swift day of reckoning comes Now ends the slaver's wrong. “ Lift up your heads, ye faithful ones, For now your prayers prevail; Ye faithless, hear the tramp of Doom, And dread the iron hail! “God's last Messiah comes apace, In Freedom's awful name; He parts the tribes to right and left, To glory or to shame.” Then wave the streamer's gallant folds O'er all the brave and true, Till all the stars shine out again On yonder field o
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 1
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 8
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), chapter 18 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Child , David Lee 1794 -1874 (search)
Child, David Lee 1794-1874
Abolitionist; born in West Boylston, Mass., July 8, 1794; graduated at Harvard College in 1817: was later admitted to the bar. In 1830 he was editor of the Massachusetts journal, and while holding a seat in the legislature opposed the annexation of Texas; afterwards he issued a tract on the subject entitled Naboth's Vineyard.
In 1836 he published ten articles on the subject of slavery, and in the following year, while in Paris, addressed a memoir to the Societepour l'abolition d'esclavage.
He also forwarded a pamphlet on the same subject to the Eclectic review in London.
In 1843-44 he edited (with his wife) the Anti-slavery standard in New York.
He died in Wayland, Mass., Sept. 18, 1874.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Child , Lydia Maria 1802 -1880 (search)
Child, Lydia Maria 1802-1880
Author; born in Medford, Mass., Feb. 11, 1802; educated in the common schools; began her literary career in 1819; and was noted as a supporter of the abolition movement.
In 1859 she sent a letter of sympathy to John Brown, who was then imprisoned at Harper's Ferry, offering to become his nurse.
This offer he declined, but requested her to aid his family, which she did. Governor Wise, of Virginia, politely rebuked her in a letter, and another epistle from Senator Mason's wife threatened her with eternal punishment.
These letters with her replies were subsequently published and reached a circulation of 300,000.
In 1840-43 she was editor of the National Anti-slavery standard.
Her publications include The rebels; The first settlers of New England; Freedman's book; Appeal for that class of Americans called Africans; Miria, a romance of the republic, etc. She died in Wayland, Mass., Oct. 20, 1880.
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 10 Middlesex County . (search)
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Chapter 1 Boston mob (second stage).—1835