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Archibald H. Grimke, William Lloyd Garrison the Abolitionist, Chapter 7: master strokes. (search)
t told in Mr. Garrison's own words. He said: On arriving in London I received a polite invitation by letter from Mr. Buxton to take breakfast with him. Presenting myself at the appointed time, when my name was announced, instead of coming forwhave often said that that is the only compliment I have ever had paid to me that I care to remember or to tell of! For Mr. Buxton had somehow or other supposed that no white American could plead for those in bondage as I had done, and therefore I mentiment in Great-Britain promptly condemned the spirit and object of the American Colonization Society. Such leaders as Buxton and Cropper termed its objects diabolical; while Zachary Macaulay, father of the historian, did not doubt that the unchriColonization Society signed by Wilberforce and eleven of the most distinguished Abolitionists in Great Britain, including Buxton, Macaulay, Cropper, and Daniel O'Connell, showed how thoroughly Garrison had accomplished his mission. The protest decla
Archibald H. Grimke, William Lloyd Garrison the Abolitionist, Chapter 10: between the acts. (search)
the right hand nor to the left-all the while deeming it, with the apostle, a small thing to be judged by man's judgment. I solicit no man's praise, he sternly replies to his critics, I fear no men's censure. There was still another cause of offence given by Garrison to his countrymen. It was not his hard language, but a circumstance less tolerable, if that was possible, than even that rock of offence. It seems that when the editor of the Liberator was in England, and dining with Thomas Fowell Buxton, he was asked by the latter in what way the English Abolitionists could best assist the anti-slavery movement in America, and he had replied, By giving us George Thompson. This unexpected answer of the American appeared without doubt to the Englishman at the time somewhat extraordinary. He had his misgivings as to the wisdom, to say nothing of the propriety, of an international act of such importance and delicacy as the sending of George Thompson to America. He questioned whether t
Archibald H. Grimke, William Lloyd Garrison the Abolitionist, Index. (search)
e Anti-Slavery Society, 217, 233, 240. Bourne, Rev. George, i08, 203. Bowditch, Henry I., 233, 349, 389. Bright, John, 390, 391. Brooks, Preston S., 359. Brown, John, 365-368. Buffum, Arnold, 139, 177. Burleigh, Charles C., 221, 223, 235. Buxton, Thomas Fowell, 152, 154, 204. Calhoun, John C., 246, 252, 315, 335, 336, 337, 352, 353, 384. Campbell, John Reid, 225. Channing, Dr. W. E., IIo, III, 256, 316. Chapman, Maria Weston, 223, 258, 259, 277, 292. Chase, Salmon P., 338. Child, Dy, I 18; he is heard, 120; Walker's appeal, 121-122; Nat Turner, 125-126; southern excitement, 127-128; New England Anti-Slavery Society, 137-138; appointed agent, 14I; thoughts on African colonization, 143-150; first visit to England, 152-156; Mr. Buxton's mistake, 152; prejudice against color, 157; Prudence Crandall, 166, 168; organization of New York City Anti-Slavery Society and beginning of the mob period, 170-172; formation of American Anti-Slavery Society, 174-185; declaration of sentimen