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ingly stinted, considering the magnitude of the town. Perhaps in the whole United States an instance cannot be found, where, in a population of 7000, two papers areependence then going on in Greece excited wide interest and sympathy in the United States, Sam. G. Howe. and the reports from Dr. Howe and other Americans who hanearly five hundred. He also wrote an appeal to the philanthropists of the United States, urging the formation, wherever possible, of anti-slavery societies with aition of Slavery, The first Convention of the Abolition Societies of the United States was held in Philadelphia, in January, 1794, under the immediate auspices of Manumission of Slaves, the two parent anti-slavery societies formed in the United States. The former, which was founded in April, 1775, five days before the Lexingm of the paper to be the gradual, though total, abolition of slavery in the United States, and he devoted the larger portion of several numbers to the advocacy and f
Greenville, Tenn. (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
ath reached him, and he then resolved to establish a new journal at Mount Pleasant. In July, 1821, the first number of the Genius of Universal Emancipation was issued. It was begun without a dollar of capital, and with only six subscribers, and for a time Life of Lundy, p. 20. Lundy walked a distance of twenty miles, each month, to Steubenville, to get the paper printed, and returned with the edition on his back. Early in the following year the Genius was removed to 1822. Greenville, Tennessee, through the urgency of Elihu Embree's friends, and printed on the press of the late Emancipator. The untiring editor travelled half of the eight hundred miles thither on foot, his family following him a few months later. He remained there till 1824, learning the printer's trade, so as to do his own work, and publishing the only anti-slavery journal in the country. He also published, at the same time, a weekly newspaper, the Greenville Economist and Statesman, and an agricultural
Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa (Iowa, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
, which should cooperate with one another through correspondence and a general convention. Gradually the subject took such possession of him that he resolved to dispose of his business and join Charles Osborn, a Friend who had established at Mount Pleasant, in the same State, a journal entitled the Philanthropist, to which Lundy sent anti-slavery articles, at first selected, and afterwards written by himself. To consummate this arrangement, he made two trips to St. Louis with his stock-in-tradt was opposition to slavery. When Lundy heard of it he deemed it unnecessary to attempt anything of the kind himself; but, on his way home from St. Louis, news of Embree's death reached him, and he then resolved to establish a new journal at Mount Pleasant. In July, 1821, the first number of the Genius of Universal Emancipation was issued. It was begun without a dollar of capital, and with only six subscribers, and for a time Life of Lundy, p. 20. Lundy walked a distance of twenty miles, e
Liberia (Liberia) (search for this): chapter 4
and that he wrote after the disheartening meeting at Mr. Collier's, and one cannot but be struck by the vigor, courage, and prophetic confidence of the writer. In this article the number of anti-intemperance societies then existing was estimated as rather less than one hundred, and of anti-slavery societies as upwards of one hundred and thirty,—most of them in slave States and of Lundy's formation, among the Quakers. Allusion was made to the colonization of one thousand colored people in Liberia, and the emigration of seven or eight thousand more to Hayti within four years, and to the fact that influential citizens in the District of Columbia, and in many other places, were then signing petitions to Congress for the abolition of slavery in the District. If this important principle be recognized by that body, said the editor, it will be a bright omen of the future emancipation of the whole country. The formation of peace societies was also noted with satisfaction by him. The br
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were performed on foot!—during which time he has held nearly fifty public meetings. He was not a good public speaker. His voice was too feeble, his utterance too rapid, to interest or inform an audience; yet he never spoke wholly in vain. In private life, his habits were social and communicative, but his infirmity of deafness rendered it difficult to engage with him in protracted conversation. How, with that infirmity upon him, he could think of travelling all over the country, exploring Canada and Texas, and making voyages to Hayti, in the prosecution of his godlike work, is indeed matter of astonishment. But it shows, in bold relief, what the spirit of philanthropy can dare and conquer (W. L. G. in Lib., Sept. 20, 1839). Rivers and mountains vanish in his path; midnight finds him wending his solitary way over an unfrequented road; the sun is anticipated in his rising. Never was moral sublimity of character better illustrated. Lundy lost no time, after his arrival in Boston,
Rhode Island (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
parent anti-slavery societies formed in the United States. The former, which was founded in April, 1775, five days before the Lexington and Concord fights, counted among its presidents Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Benjamin Rush, both signers of the Declaration of Independence; and the first president of the New York Society (organized in 1785) was John Jay, subsequently Chief-Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Other State societies were formed in Delaware (1788), Maryland (1789), Rhode Island and Connecticut (1790). Virginia (1791), New Jersey (1792), all of which, with some local societies in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware, were represented in the Convention of 1794. Annual sessions of the American Convention were held, with more or less regularity, for several years; afterwards it met biennially till 1825, then annually till 1829, when it suspended operations for nine years, holding its final meeting in 1838. The State societies devoted their efforts to gradual emanc
Quaker (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
elf shyly and awkwardly to the visitors, whose errand was as yet unknown to him. Before Mr. Garrison had spoken more than a few encouraging words to him, the father appeared on the scene, anxious to learn the motive of this unusual call. Is this Friend Whittier? was the inquiry. Yes, he responded. We want to see you about your son. Why, what has the boy been doing? he asked anxiously, and was visibly relieved to learn that the visit was one of friendly interest, merely. To the young Quaker lad, then in his nineteenth year, it was a most important event, determining his career, for the encouragement he now received from Mr. Garrison, aided by the latter's impressive appeal to his parents, gave him his first resolution to get a good education. By sewing slippers at the shoemaker's bench, he earned enough to pay for his tuition at the Haverhill Academy the following spring. The next winter he taught school, and was thus enabled to pay for another six months instruction at the A
Connecticut (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
ery societies formed in the United States. The former, which was founded in April, 1775, five days before the Lexington and Concord fights, counted among its presidents Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Benjamin Rush, both signers of the Declaration of Independence; and the first president of the New York Society (organized in 1785) was John Jay, subsequently Chief-Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Other State societies were formed in Delaware (1788), Maryland (1789), Rhode Island and Connecticut (1790). Virginia (1791), New Jersey (1792), all of which, with some local societies in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware, were represented in the Convention of 1794. Annual sessions of the American Convention were held, with more or less regularity, for several years; afterwards it met biennially till 1825, then annually till 1829, when it suspended operations for nine years, holding its final meeting in 1838. The State societies devoted their efforts to gradual emancipation in their
Quaker (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
left the State he had addressed fifteen or twenty meetings at different places, and formed a dozen or more societies, one of them at Raleigh, the capital. These were chiefly among the Friends, but one embraced some of the members of a militia company who had assembled for a muster, and its captain became the president of the society, while a Friend was chosen secretary. Entering Virginia, and traversing the middle section of the State, Lundy continued the good work without molestation, his Quaker brethren giving him their ready sympathy, while the community at large took no alarm. Nor did the establishment of the Genius at Baltimore cause any excitement, for, in his initial article, the editor declared the end and aim of the paper to be the gradual, though total, abolition of slavery in the United States, and he devoted the larger portion of several numbers to the advocacy and furtherance of a scheme for colonizing the emancipated slaves in Hayti, using some of the very arguments
Janesville (Wisconsin, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
New York he became slightly acquainted with Arthur Tappan, a merchant Ibid., p. 25. already distinguished for his munificent philanthropy, and in Providence he met William Goodell, who was then Ibid., p. 25. publishing a paper called the Investigator. I endeavored Ibid., p. 25. to arouse him, records Lundy, but he was at that time slow of speech on my subject—a slowness for which he afterwards amply atoned. William Goodell (born in Coventry, N. Y., Oct. 25, 1792, died in Janesville, Wisconsin, Feb. 14, 1878) was a lineal descendant of Robert Goodell, one of the earliest settlers of Danvers, Massachusetts (1634). Disappointed in his hope of a collegiate education, he early entered business life at Providence, R. I., and subsequently, at the age of 24, made a long voyage to the East Indies, China, and Europe, as supercargo. After his return he was merchant and book-keeper successively at Providence, Alexandria, Va., and New York, until, in 1827, he established the Investig
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