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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1, Chapter 9: organization: New-England Anti-slavery Society.—Thoughts on colonization.—1832. (search)
is was nowhere more strongly manifested than in Portland. Nathan Winslow writes, Nov. 24, 1832: I am authorized by thy friends here to say the amount needful shall be forthcoming when wanted. . . . I have shown thy circular to several of thy friends, all of whom are zealous in the cause. Thou mayst rank Gen. Fessenden among the first. . . . Thy female friends would forego many of their comforts, rather than the Liberator should go down. Isaac Winslow's response was equally characteristic (Dec. 6): Enclosed you have an order on the Bank of the U. S. at one day's sight for $500, dated Dec. 5th, 1832, No. 904, for which amount you may forward me your note when convenient. This note has been preserved, and is endorsed: 4 mo. 11, 1840. Received payment in full of W. L. G. I. Winslow. . . . The distribution of these [remaining] copies [of the Thoughts] cannot fail to open the eyes of many good people, who through ignorance are giving their influence and money to aid the Colonization So
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1, Chapter 12: American Anti-slavery Society.—1833. (search)
—come what may to our persons, our interests, or our reputations—whether we live to witness the triumph of Liberty, Justice, and Humanity, or perish untimely as martyrs in this great, benevolent and holy cause. Done at Philadelphia, the 6th day of December, A. D. 1833. Of the three-score signers of the Declaration not one was a woman. Such was the custom of the times, in regard to the public relation of the sexes, that Lucretia Mott and her Quaker sisters did not ask or expect to sign; o ended the successful attempt to give a national basis to the movement begun only three years before by the publication of the Liberator. A public debate between R. S. Finley and Prof. Elizur Wright had taken place on the evenings of Dec. 5 and 6, and it was the design of the Colonizationists to follow the Convention closely with a great meeting of their own, but they broke down. David Paul Brown, Esq., was to have made a speech, but failed them, in consequence of a letter from Purvis (Ms.