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In his efforts to protect the rights and redress the wrongs of colored people, Friend Hopper had a zealous and faithful ally in Thomas Harrison, also a member of the Society of Friends.
When recounting the adventures they had together, he used to say, ‘That name excites pleasant emotions whenever it occurs to me. I shall always reverence his memory.
He was my precursor in Philadelphia, as the friend of the slave, and my coadjutor in scores of cases for their relief.
His soul was always alive to the sufferings of his fellow creatures, and dipped into sympathy with the oppressed; not that idle sympathy that can be satisfied with lamenting their condition, and make no exertions for their relief; but sympathy, like the apostle's faith, manifesting itself in works, and extending its influence to all within its reach.’
Thomas Harrison as a lively, bustling man, with a roguish twinkle in his eye, and a humorous style of talking.
Some Friends, of more quiet temperaments than himself, thought he had more activity than was consistent with dignity.
They reminded him that Mary sat still at the feet of Jesus, while Martha was ‘troubled about many things.’
‘All that is very well,’ replied Thomas; ‘but Mary would have had a late breakfast, after all, if it had not been for Martha.’
Boston, J. P. Jewett and Company; Cleveland, Ohio: Jewett, Proctor and Worthington; London; Low and Company, 1854.
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