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John Jay Chapman, William Lloyd Garrison, Chapter 4: pictures of the struggle (search)
tution was disgraced and wrecked; it never recovered from the experience. The greatest result of the episode, however, was this, that the young men who resigned became, by force of circumstances, something like public characters. Their first step was a public one--into the arena. They issued an appeal to the Christian public, and many of them went out into the world as protagonists of Abolition. Here was a miraculous draught indeed; for, of course, among them were men of mark; and Theodore D. Weld, the ringleader, was, as Johnson says, the peer of Beecher himself in native ability. Thus burst a seed-pod of Abolition. This propagative influence had been in Garrison's pamphlet. That pamphlet evoked, it elicited, it agitated. When we come later to review Garrison's writings, let us remember what these writings accomplished. Let us remember that, however tedious this pamphlet on Colonization may seem to us, however dead it may fall, under criticism, to-day, it had this life-giv
John Jay Chapman, William Lloyd Garrison, Chapter 7: the man of action (search)
like the following from the Charleston Courier in 1825: Twenty dollars reward. Ran away from the subscriber, on the 14th instant, a negro girl named Molly. She is 16 or 17 years of age, slim made, lately branded on her left cheek, thus, R, and a piece is taken off her left ear on the same side; the same letter is branded on the inside of both her legs. Abner Ross Fairfield District, S. C. Let any serious-minded man read a few pages of the Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin, or of Theodore D. Weld's book on American Slavery, before he decides to discountenance strong language. The people of the South did not know about the horrors of slavery, and taught their children not to see them; they glossed them over, as the inevitable unpleasantnesses of life are always glossed over. John S. Wise was a typical child of the South, save that he had a Northern mother. He was the son of Henry A. Wise, the famous Governor of Virginia, and he has given us a book of memoirs, The end of an er
John Jay Chapman, William Lloyd Garrison, Index (search)
113; 107, 118, 227, 245,247, 251. Ticknor, George, 199. Tocsin of Liberty, the, quoted, 178. Todd, Francis, libeled by G., 46, 47. Tuckerman, Bayard, Life of Wm. Jay, quoted, 151. Turner, Nat, heads Slave Rebellion, 51, 52. Union, the, peaceful dissolution of, advocated, 155, 156. United States, slavery question in, 1830 to 1865, 2 f., 6, 7; state of, 1850 to 1860, 01, 11; a slave republic, 17. Virginia, 23. Walker's appeal, 51. Ward, Samuel R., 217. Washington, George, 215. Webb, Richard D., quoted, 195. Webster, Daniel, his Reply to Hayne, 14; Channing and, 28; and the Fugitive Slave Law, 235, 236, 238; Abolitionists and, 239; 138, 140, 199. Weld, Theodore D., 69, 187. Wells, E. M. P., 200. white, James C., quoted, 56. Whittier, John G., 43. wise, Henry A., 187. wise, John S., The End of an Era, 187, 188. Woman's Rights, and Abolition, 153, 154; 167. Woolfolk, Austin, 42. Wright, Elizur, quoted, 5; 107. Wright, Henry C., 210.
Archibald H. Grimke, William Lloyd Garrison the Abolitionist, Chapter 7: master strokes. (search)
y will head the list of those who will subscribe to form here an anti-slavery society. Mr. Greenleaf [Simon] also, will cordially come in, and I need not say he is one of the first [men] in the State, for his character is known. This quotation is made from a letter of General Samuel Fessenden, of Portland, Me., to Mr. Garrison, dated December 14. 1832. Among the remarkable minds which the Thoughts disillusioned in respect of the character and tendency of the Colonization Society were Theodore D. Weld, Elizur Wright, and Beriah Green, N. P. Rogers, William Goodell, Joshua Leavitt, Amos A. Phelps, Lewis Tappan, and James Miller McKim. Garrison's assertion that the overthrow of the Colonization Society was the overthrow of slavery itself, was, from the standpoint of a student of history, an exaggerated one. We know now that the claim was not founded on fact, that while they did stand together they did not fall together. But the position was, nevertheless, the strongest possible on
Archibald H. Grimke, William Lloyd Garrison the Abolitionist, Chapter 9: agitation and repression. (search)
t eminent man did not long remain in this mind. The discussions which he so lightly allowed swept through the institution with the force of a great moral awakening. They were continued during nine evenings and turned the seminary at their close, so far as the students went, into an anti-slavery society. This is not the place to go at length into the history of that anti-slavery debate, which, in its consequences, proved one of the events of the anti-slavery conflict. Its leader was Theodore D. Weld, who was until Wendell Phillips appeared upon the scene, the great orator of the agitation. Dr. Beecher had no notion of raising such a ghost when he said, Go ahead, boys, I'll go in and discuss with you. It was such an apparition of independence and righteousness as neither the power of the trustees nor the authority of the faculty was ever able to dismiss. The virtue of a gag rule was tried to suppress Abolition among the students, but instead of suppressing Abolition, it well-ni
Archibald H. Grimke, William Lloyd Garrison the Abolitionist, Chapter 14: brotherly love fails, and ideas abound. (search)
York for a few weeks' study of the slavery question under the direction of such masters as Theodore D. Weld, Beriah Green, Charles Stuart, and others. All possible phases of the great subject, such became acrimonius, and the alienation of friendships was widespread. John G. Whittier and Theodore D. Weld, who were both avowed believers in the idea of women's rights, nevertheless, felt that the enterprise, when prosecuted with ability and any sort of energy, ever failed under heaven, wrote Weld to Sarah and Angelina, so long as its conductors pushed the main principle, and did not strike ofevery reform that ever foundered in mid-sea, was capsized by one of these gusty side-winds. Both Weld and Whittier endeavored to dissuade the sisters from mooting the question of women's rights at ale have just as high an opinion of Brother Garrison's views, and he says go on. The influence of Weld and Whittier finally prevailed with Carolina's high-souled daughters, and they refrained from fu
Archibald H. Grimke, William Lloyd Garrison the Abolitionist, Index. (search)
les, 234, 317, 339, 346, 359, Tappan, Arthur, 83, 84, 164, 171, 184, 209, 210. Tappan, Lewis, 149. 177, 201, 209, 283, 285. Texas Agitation, 314-318. Thompson, George, 204-206, 210, 212, 213, 216, 217, 218, 238, 294, 295, 351, 383, 385. Thurston, David, 18o. Tilton, Theodore, 382. Todd, Francis, 75, 76, 77, 81, 82, 87. Toombs, Robert, 338. Travis, Joseph, 124. Turner, Nat., 124-125. Uncle Tom's Cabin, 351-352. Villard, Mrs. Henry, 394. Walker, David, 121, 122, 123, 126. Ward, Rev. Samuel R., 344. Ware, Rev. Henry, Jr., 203. Weob, Richard D., 310, 316, 318, 326. Webster, Daniel, 35, 101, 110, III, 117, 249, 338, 339, 347, 348, 370. Weld, Theodore D., 149, 190, 264, 279. Wesley, John, 70, 107. White, Nathaniel H., 41. Whitney, Eli, 98. Whittier, John Greenleaf, 34, 175, 179, 186, 202, 234, 279, 320. Wilberforce, William, 152, 154. Winslow, Isaac, 177. Winslow, Nathan, 177. Wright, Elizur, 147, 149, 185, 186, 202, 210, 283-285, 287, 320. Yerrington, James B., 113,
Charles E. Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe compiled from her letters and journals by her son Charles Edward Stowe, Chapter 4: early married life, 1836-1840. (search)
the New York Evangelist, and maintained a constant correspondence with her husband by means of a daily journal, which was forwarded to him once a month. She also assisted her brother, Henry Ward, who had accepted a temporary position as editor of the Journal, a small daily paper published in the city. At this time the question of slavery was an exciting one in Cincinnati, and Lane Seminary had become a hotbed of abolition. The anti-slavery movement among the students was headed by Theodore D. Weld, one of their number, who had procured funds to complete his education by lecturing through the South. While thus engaged he had been so impressed with the evils and horrors of slavery that he had become a radical abolitionist, and had succeeded in converting several Southerners to his views of the subject. Among them was Mr. J. G. Birney of Huntsville, Alabama, who not only liberated his slaves, but in connection with Dr. Gamaliel Bailey of Cincinnati founded in that city an anti-sla
Charles E. Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe compiled from her letters and journals by her son Charles Edward Stowe, Index. (search)
een, H. B. S.'s interview with, 270; gives her picture to Geo. Peabody, 496. Vizetelly, Henry, first London publisher of Uncle Tom's Cabin, 189, 191. W. Wakefield, reading at, 495. Walnut Hills, picture of, 65; and old home revisited, 499. Waltham, audience inspires reader, 496. Washington, Mrs. Stowe visits soldier son at, 366. Washington on slavery, 141. Water cure, H. B. S. at, 113. We and our neighbors, date of, 491. Webster, Daniel, famous speech of, 143. Weld, Theodore D. in the anti-slavery movement, 81. Western travel, discomforts of, 498. Whately, Archbishop, letter to H. B. S. from, 391. Whitney, A. D. T., writes poem on seventieth birthday, 505. Whitney, Eli, and the cotton gin, 142. Whittier's Ichabod, a picture of Daniel Webster, 143. Whittier, J. G., 157; letter to W. L. Garrison from, on Uncle Tom's Cabin, 161; letter to H. B. S. from, on Uncle Tom's Cabin, 162; on Pearl of Orr's Island, 327; on Minister's Wooing, 327; p
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Chapter 1: the Boston mob (second stage).—1835. (search)
had just been received from Henry and Thompson. Both arrived safely, and had good passages . . . Henry Benson. What a mighty void is created by the return of G. T.! It is G. Thompson. like the loss of a general to an army, whose presence gave inspiration and courage to the humblest soldier. Who now shall go forth to argue our cause in public with subtle sophists and insolent scoffers? It is true, we have the lion-hearted, invincible Weld, at the West, and our strong and indefatigable T. D. Weld. brother Stanton in Rhode Island; but the withdrawal of H. B. Stanton. Thompson seems like the loss of many agents. . . . By the way—looking at the thing in its true light, this custom of appointing one day in the year to be specially thankful for the good gifts of God is an absurdity, tending, I think, to keep up the notion that it is not very material whether we are particularly thankful, or not, during the remainder of the year. The appointment, too, of a thanksgiving by a civil of
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