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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 2 Browse Search
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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3 1 1 Browse Search
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Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order 1 1 Browse Search
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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Chapter 12: Inner traits. (search)
cessors was his oratorical capacity. Without it we can hardly conceive of his having created the anti-slavery organization. No speaker on the anti-slavery platform cared to follow Mr. Phillips, and he was commonly reserved for the very close of an evening session. But this place also frequently fell to my father, especially after stormy debates and roused or despondent feelings, when his function was to soothe and to cheer. It was, besides, getting quite late, wrote N. P. Rogers in January, 1842, of the anti-slavery Lib. 12.26. meeting at the State House, and we felt that the meeting needed a winding — up from Garrison. There were, I think, few set occasions for testing my father's ability as a close debater. Certainly he was not to be compared with Charles Burleigh, who, in this respect, Ante, p. 289. was easily first of all the abolition orators. In repartee, especially with a mob, my father was quick and effective, Ante, 3.298. as witness the Rynders mob. His speeches