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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Abolitionists. (search)
Society was formed Jan. 1, 1832; in 1833 Garrison visited England, and secured from Wilberforce, Zachary Macaulay, Daniel O'Connell, and other English abolitionists, a condemnation of the colonizationists. In December, 1833, the American Anti-Slavery Society was organized, in Philadelphia, by an abolition convention of which Beriah Green was president and Lewis Tappan and John G. Whittier secretaries. From this time the question became of national importance. Able and earnest men, such as Weld, May, and Phillips, journeyed through the Northern States as the agents of the National Society, founding State branches and everywhere lecturing on abolition, and were often met by mob violence. In Connecticut, in 1833, Miss Prudence Crandall, of Canterbury, opened her school for negro girls. The Legislature, by act of May 24, 1833, forbade the establishment of such schools, and imprisoned Miss Crandall. Being set at liberty, she was ostracized by her neighbors and her school broken up. F
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Weld, Horatio Hastings 1811-1888 (search)
Weld, Horatio Hastings 1811-1888 Author; born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 4, 1811; became a printer; was editor of newspapers in Lowell, Boston, New York, and Philadelphia; was ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1845; and held pastorates in Downingtown, Pa., and Morristown and Riverton, N. J.; and wrote Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, with a narrative of his public life and service, etc. He died in Riverton, N. J., Aug. 27, 1888.