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The Anti-Slavery Bugle [1] 1845–1861: Lisbon, Ohio: James Barnaby, Oliver Johnson: LOC, Newspapers.com: The Colored American: 1837-1842 New York, New York Samuel Cornish, Phillip Alexander Bell, Charles Bennett Ray: Genius of Universal Emancipation [2] 1829–1839: Various: Benjamin Lundy: HathiTrust * Google Books: Herald of Freedom [3] 1835 ...
Ohio was a destination for escaped African Americans slaves before the Civil War. In the early 1870s, the Society of Friends members actively helped former black slaves in their search of freedom. The state was important in the operation of the Underground Railroad .
This bibliography of slavery in the United States is a guide to books documenting the history of slavery in the U.S., from its colonial origins in the 17th century through the adoption of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which officially abolished the practice in 1865. In addition, links are provided to related bibliographies and ...
By the 1830s, Letters on Slavery had become standard reading for abolitionists all over the United States. In 1832, William Lloyd Garrison printed the letters in his anti-slavery newspaper, The Liberator. Garrison later called Rankin his "anti-slavery father," saying that "his book on slavery was the cause of my entering the anti-slavery ...
In the collection's third essay, Sowell reviews the history of slavery. Contrary to popular impression, which blames Western society and white people as the culprits, Sowell argues that slavery was a universal institution accepted and embraced by nearly all human societies.
"Auction at Richmond" (Picture of Slavery in the United States of America by Rev. George Bourne, published by Edwin Hunt in Middletown, Conn., 1834)This is a bibliography of works regarding the internal or domestic slave trade in the United States (1776–1865, with a measurable increase in activity after 1808, following the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves).
Reeves' book isn't a comprehensive biography, and it doesn't cover Grant's time in the White House. But it gives readers an enlightening look at how he benefited from slavery years before he ...
The Oberlin–Wellington Rescue of 1858 in was a key event in the history of abolitionism in the United States. A cause célèbre and widely publicized, thanks in part to the new telegraph, it is one of the series of events leading up to Civil War. John Price, an escaped slave, was arrested in Oberlin, Ohio, under the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850.