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[479] 1.470; praises Channing's Essay, 2.54; presides at Peace Convention, 227.

Williams, Henry, part in Boston mob, 2.1, 17.

Williams, John S., 1.279.

Williams, Peter, Rev., 1.313.

Williams, Ransom G., 2.75, 85.

Willis, Benjamin, 2.21.

Winslow, Edward, 2.198.

Winslow, Emily Annette [b. Havre, France, July 5, 1822], delegate to World's Convention, 2.353, 383.

Winslow, Hubbard, Rev. [1800-1864], puts human law above divine, 1.478, pro-slavery sermons, 2.63, condemns Lovejoy, 285.

Winslow, Isaac [b. Falmouth, Me., Jan. 1, 1787; d. July 25, 1867], aid to Lib., 1.289, and to “Thoughts on Colonization,” 300, 312; delegate to Nat. A. S. Convention, 398; praise of G., 2.122; delegate to World's Convention, 353, lodges with G., 383, 385.

Winslow, Louisa [b. Sept. 9, 1814; d. Nov. 4, 1850], Mrs. Sewall, 2.69. Daughter of Winslow, Nathan [b. Falmouth, Me., Mar. 27, 1785; d. Portland, Me., Sept. 9, 1861], host of G. and supporter of Lib., 1.289, 312; letter to G. on John Neal, 384; delegate to Nat. A. S. Convention, 397; on com. to recover Emancipator, 2.351.

Wirt, William [1772-834], 1.129.

Wise, Daniel, Rev. [b. Portsmouth, Eng., Jan. 10, 1813], on G.'s primacy, 2.271; resigns A. S. agency, 281; pushes Mass. Abolitionist, 281, 286; on J. H. Noyes, 289.

Wise, Henry Alexander [1806-1876], opposes D. C. emancipation, 1.483, and reception of petitions, 2.248.

Wisner, Benjamin Blydenburg, Rev. [1794-1835], 1.268.

Withington, Leonard, Rev. [1789-1885], 1.268.

Withington, Thomas, 2.11.

Witness (Edinburgh), 2.397.

Witness (Noyes's), 2.206.

Wolf, George [1777-1840], 2.62.

Woman's Rights agitation, begun, 2.134, 381; G.'s adhesion, 204; divides N. E. Convention, 220, 305, Peace Convention, 227, Am. A. S. S. annual meetings, 297, 349, Albany Convention, 308, World's Convention, 353, 354, 367-373, 381, 382: chief concern of Mass. Abolition Soc., 318; woman question started in England, 382, ground of opprobrium of G., 431.— See, for G.'s early repugnance to female petitions to Congress, 1.157.

Woodbury, James Trask, Rev. [b. Francestown, N. H., May 9, 1803; d. Milford, Mass., Jan. 16, 1861], one of 70 agents, 2.167; abuse of G., 2.141-143, 152, 167, 271, replied to, 154; sympathy from E. Wright, 168; accuses G. of Thomsonianism, 281. Brother of

Woodbury, Levi [1789-18511, identity mistaken, 1.517; Secretary of Treasury, 2.141.

Woolfolk, Austin, assaults Lundy, 1.91, 50, defied by G., 151, avoids him in jail, 177.

Woolman, John [1720-1773), anti-slavery, 1.393, 2.413.

Worcester (Mass.) A. S. Convention, 2.163, 167, 170; clerical, 244, Young Men's, 245, for G. and Rogers, 414, 417, 418, 420.

World, edited by C. W. Denison, 1.415.

World's Anti-Slavery Convention (London), call, 2.352, modified, 353; Am. delegates, 351, 353, 354, 356; meets, 362, 367; debate on woman question, 367-373; tries to get G. to enter, 374, 375; results of convention, 380, woman's rights landmark, 381, 382.

World's Anti-Slavery Convention (Paris), 2.380.

Wright, Elizur [b. S. Canaan, Conn., Feb. 12, 1804], college professor, 1.300; describes effect of “Thoughts on Colonization,” 298, writes “ Sin of Slavery,” 418, Secretary N. Y. City A. S. Soc., 392; calls Nat. A. S. Convention, 392; delegate and late survivor, 397, 398, committeeman, 399; debate with Finley, 413; made domestic cor. sec. Am. A. S. Soc., 415; member Exec. Corn., 483; aid to Lib., 434, 2.30; literary style, 1.461; moves aid to Bible Society in distributing among slaves, 478; barricades against a mob, 492; edits Quarterly Magazine, 2.63, 178; encourages Grimkes, 317; against an Anti-Slavery party, 302, 310, 342, converted by A. Stewart, 310; involved in Woodbury's attack on G., 154, denounces G.'s course towards Clerical Appeal, 162, 168, 169, 178, charges G. with fanaticism, 168, 205, with lugging in nonresistance, 303, 343; succeeded by J. Leavitt, 299; removes to Boston, 300, edits Mass. Abolitionist, 276, 280, 300; defence at New Eng. Convention, 305; cor. sec. Mass. Abolition Soc., 306; urgency for Third Party, 316; on mismanagement of Mass. Abolition Society, 318; at Albany Convention, 342; translates Lafontaine, 168; remarks on G.'s death, 1.298; Life of M. Holley, 2.316.—Letters to G., 1.434, 2.162, 168, 178, A. A. Phelps, 2.69, 0. Johnson, 2.310, 318, H. B. Stanton, 2.316; from T. F. Buxton, 1.425, H. B. Stanton, 2.314.

Wright, Frances, career, 2.142; effect on L. Beecher, 109; G. declared a disciple, 249.— Portrait in Stanton's “ Hist. Woman Suffrage,” vol. 1.

Wright, Henry Clarke [b. Sharon, Ct., Aug. 29, 1797; d. Pawtucket, R. I., Aug. 16, 1870],

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