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New England Anti-Slavery Society

February 15, 2024

The New England Anti-Slavery Society (1831–1837) was formed by William Lloyd Garrison, editor of The Liberator, in 1831. The Liberator was its official publication.

William Lloyd Garrison, 1833, Oil on wood by Nathaniel Jocelyn.
Remember Your Weekly Pledge, collection box for Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. Set aside in the home, the box was designed to remind members to make their weekly contribution. Circa 1850

Based in Boston, Massachusetts, members of the New England Anti-slavery Society supported immediate abolition and viewed slavery as immoral and non-Christian (sinful). It was particularly opposed to the American Colonization Society, which proposed sending African Americans to Africa.

The founding meeting took place on January 1, 1831, in the vestry of the Belknap Street Church.[1] (Some sources list the date as January 1, 1832.) Garrison was the principal founder. The other founding members were: Benjamin Bierly of Amesbury, Massachusetts,[2] Reverend Elijah Blanchard,[2] Dr. Gamaliel Bradford,[2] Elizabeth B. Chase,[2] Joshua Easton, also a member of the Massachusetts General Colored Association,[2] Charles Theodore Follen,[2] Reverend Henry Grew,[2] Reverend Cyrus Pitt Grosvenor,[2] Ellis Gray Loring,[1] Captain Jonas Parker of Reading, Massachusetts,[2] Reverend Perry of Mendon, Massachusetts,[2] Reverend Amos August Phelps,[2] Reverend Aaron Pickett of Reading, Massachusetts,[2] Samuel Edmund Sewall,[3] Horace Wakefield,[2] Amasa Walker,[2] and a Reverend Yates.[2]

The society sponsored lecturers or "agents" who traveled throughout the New England area, speaking in local churches or halls, and also selling abolitionist tracts or The Liberator. Whenever possible, the Society's agents would also encourage the formation of local anti-slavery societies. By 1833 there were 47 local societies in ten northern states, 33 of them in New England. The society also sponsored mass mobilizations such as yearly anti-slavery conventions and celebrations of July 4 or — preferred by those who believed celebrating July 4 was unacceptable since the U.S. Constitution accepted slavery — the Anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery in the West Indies, August 1.

New England Anti-Slavery Society: Proceedings of the Fourth New England Anti-Slavery Convention held in Boston, May 30, 31 and June 1 and 2, 1837. Boston: Isaac Knapp. 1837. [1]

"And what is Texas, that she should form a part of the great family of nations? If there ever was a band of robbers, they live in Texas. Who are their chief officers, their great men? The President of Texas is an outlaw in his own native State, Tennessee. The Speaker of their House of Representatives is a convicted felon, in the state of New-York."

John Levy (black abolitionist), "a colored gentleman" from Lowell, decries insufficient involvement of free Negroes in the struggle. Garrison, Birney, Burleigh, Henry Stanton, and other stalwarts speak at length.[clarification needed]

Massachusetts General Colored Association edit

In January 1833, Thomas Dalton, president of the Massachusetts General Colored Association, led a successful petition to merge with the New England Anti-Slavery Society.[4] Separate black anti-slavery societies had already existed in Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Connecticut, and New Jersey, however, a strong feeling against the organization of separate anti-slavery societies had been emerging.

Together they organized Anti-Slavery conventions and speaking programs throughout New England.

Sometime after Joshua Easton was sent as a delegate to the New England society in 1833, African Americans were granted full membership in the organization.[5]

American Anti-Slavery Society edit

In 1833, Garrison and Arthur Tappan expanded this society and formed the American Anti-Slavery Society. The American Anti-Slavery Society, however, attempted to create state-based organizations under the umbrella of its executive committee. At first the New England Anti-Slavery Society and the American Society worked together, with the New England Society becoming an auxiliary in 1834.[6]

Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society edit

In 1838, however, the New England Society gave up its regional jurisdiction and reorganized into the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.[6] The society took a proactive role in advocating for legislation against new slave codes and laws, particularly within Massachusetts, including publishing treatises related to proposals to outlaw or penalize those participating in the activities and formation of societies relating to abolition and anti-slavery activities[7]

Annual meetings were held in Boston at Julien Hall, Melodeon, and Tremont Temple. Officers included James N. Buffum, Francis Jackson, Wendell Phillips, Parker Pillsbury, and Edmund Quincy. Lecturers affiliated with the society included William Wells Brown,[8] Frederick Douglass,[9] Samuel Joseph May, and Charles Lenox Remond. Joel W. Lewis was the chairman in 1840.[10]

The New England Anti-Slavery Society held conventions in:

The Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society held conventions in:

Following the Civil War the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society took up the cause of racial equality.[12]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Tribute to the Memory of Ellis Gray Loring, Esq. at the New England Anti-Slavery Convention, May 27, 1858" (PDF). The Liberator. June 4, 1858. p. 3.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "New England Anti-Slavery Society (NEASS)". American Abolitionists. February 14, 2017.
  3. ^ Garrison, William Lloyd (1979). Merrill, Walter M. (ed.). The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison: Let the Oppressed Go Free, 1861-1867. Harvard University Press. p. 219. ISBN 9780674526655.
  4. ^ William Lloyd Garrison (1833). The Abolitionist. New England Anti-Slavery Society. p. 20. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  5. ^ Cromwell (1994). The Other Brahmins: Boston's Black Upper Class, 1750-1950. University of Arkansas Press. pp. 39. ISBN 978-1-61075-293-0. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  6. ^ a b Zorn, Roman J.,The New England Anti-Slavery Society: Pioneer Abolition Organization, The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 42, No. 3 (Jul., 1957), pp. 157-176
  7. ^ Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, 1836. "A Full Statement of the Reasons Which Were in Part Offered to the Committee of the Legislature of Massachusetts On the Fourth and Eighth of March, Showing Why There Should Be No Penal Laws Enacted, and No Condemnatory Resolutions Passed by the Legislature, Respecting Abolitionits [sic] and Anti-slavery Societies," Boston. Boston Public Library, Special Collections. Retrieved December 11, 2017
  8. ^ "William Wells Brown". New Bedford, Massachusetts: New Bedford Historical Society.
  9. ^ "Frederick Douglass". Africans in America. USA: Public Broadcasting Service.
  10. ^ "Meeting of Colored Citizens". The Liberator. May 22, 1840. p. 83. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  11. ^ , 1840, archived from the original on 2016-03-04, retrieved 2014-06-01
  12. ^ "Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society--Thirty-Sixth Anniversary" (PDF). New York Times. January 28, 1870. Retrieved 2009-08-12.

Further reading edit

Issued by the society edit

New England Anti-Slavery Society edit

Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society edit

  • Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society (1832–1853), "Annual Report", Proceedings of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society at the Annual Meetings Held in
  • Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society (1836), A Full Statement Respecting Abolitionists and Anti-Slavery Societies, Boston: Isaac Knapp
  • Wendell Phillips (1852), Speeches before the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, January, 1852, Boston: R. F. Wallcut
  • Proceedings of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society at the annual meetings held in 1854, 1855 & 1856, Boston: Office of Massachusetts anti-slavery society, 1856
  • J.M.W. Yerrinton, ed. (1858). Speech of Rev. Henry Bleby. Boston: R.F. Wallcut. Missionary from Barbadoes, on the results of emancipation in the British W.I. colonies : delivered at the celebration of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, held at Island Grove, Abington, July 31st, 1858
  • Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society (1836). A Full Statement of the Reasons Which Were in Part Offered to the Committee of the Legislature of Massachusetts On the Fourth and Eighth of March, Showing Why There Should Be No Penal Laws Enacted, and No Condemnatory Resolutions Passed by the Legislature, Respecting Abolitionits [sic] and Anti-slavery Societies. Boston: Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. p. 48. Retrieved 12 December 2017.<RARE BKS 4264.56 no. 24>

About the society edit

External links edit

 
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The New England Anti Slavery Society 1831 1837 was formed by William Lloyd Garrison editor of The Liberator in 1831 The Liberator was its official publication William Lloyd Garrison 1833 Oil on wood by Nathaniel Jocelyn Remember Your Weekly Pledge collection box for Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society Set aside in the home the box was designed to remind members to make their weekly contribution Circa 1850Based in Boston Massachusetts members of the New England Anti slavery Society supported immediate abolition and viewed slavery as immoral and non Christian sinful It was particularly opposed to the American Colonization Society which proposed sending African Americans to Africa The founding meeting took place on January 1 1831 in the vestry of the Belknap Street Church 1 Some sources list the date as January 1 1832 Garrison was the principal founder The other founding members were Benjamin Bierly of Amesbury Massachusetts 2 Reverend Elijah Blanchard 2 Dr Gamaliel Bradford 2 Elizabeth B Chase 2 Joshua Easton also a member of the Massachusetts General Colored Association 2 Charles Theodore Follen 2 Reverend Henry Grew 2 Reverend Cyrus Pitt Grosvenor 2 Ellis Gray Loring 1 Captain Jonas Parker of Reading Massachusetts 2 Reverend Perry of Mendon Massachusetts 2 Reverend Amos August Phelps 2 Reverend Aaron Pickett of Reading Massachusetts 2 Samuel Edmund Sewall 3 Horace Wakefield 2 Amasa Walker 2 and a Reverend Yates 2 The society sponsored lecturers or agents who traveled throughout the New England area speaking in local churches or halls and also selling abolitionist tracts or The Liberator Whenever possible the Society s agents would also encourage the formation of local anti slavery societies By 1833 there were 47 local societies in ten northern states 33 of them in New England The society also sponsored mass mobilizations such as yearly anti slavery conventions and celebrations of July 4 or preferred by those who believed celebrating July 4 was unacceptable since the U S Constitution accepted slavery the Anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery in the West Indies August 1 New England Anti Slavery Society Proceedings of the Fourth New England Anti Slavery Convention held in Boston May 30 31 and June 1 and 2 1837 Boston Isaac Knapp 1837 1 And what is Texas that she should form a part of the great family of nations If there ever was a band of robbers they live in Texas Who are their chief officers their great men The President of Texas is an outlaw in his own native State Tennessee The Speaker of their House of Representatives is a convicted felon in the state of New York John Levy black abolitionist a colored gentleman from Lowell decries insufficient involvement of free Negroes in the struggle Garrison Birney Burleigh Henry Stanton and other stalwarts speak at length clarification needed Contents 1 Massachusetts General Colored Association 2 American Anti Slavery Society 3 Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 6 1 Issued by the society 6 1 1 New England Anti Slavery Society 6 1 2 Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society 6 2 About the society 7 External linksMassachusetts General Colored Association editIn January 1833 Thomas Dalton president of the Massachusetts General Colored Association led a successful petition to merge with the New England Anti Slavery Society 4 Separate black anti slavery societies had already existed in Massachusetts New York Ohio Connecticut and New Jersey however a strong feeling against the organization of separate anti slavery societies had been emerging Together they organized Anti Slavery conventions and speaking programs throughout New England Sometime after Joshua Easton was sent as a delegate to the New England society in 1833 African Americans were granted full membership in the organization 5 American Anti Slavery Society editIn 1833 Garrison and Arthur Tappan expanded this society and formed the American Anti Slavery Society The American Anti Slavery Society however attempted to create state based organizations under the umbrella of its executive committee At first the New England Anti Slavery Society and the American Society worked together with the New England Society becoming an auxiliary in 1834 6 Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society editIn 1838 however the New England Society gave up its regional jurisdiction and reorganized into the Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society 6 The society took a proactive role in advocating for legislation against new slave codes and laws particularly within Massachusetts including publishing treatises related to proposals to outlaw or penalize those participating in the activities and formation of societies relating to abolition and anti slavery activities 7 Annual meetings were held in Boston at Julien Hall Melodeon and Tremont Temple Officers included James N Buffum Francis Jackson Wendell Phillips Parker Pillsbury and Edmund Quincy Lecturers affiliated with the society included William Wells Brown 8 Frederick Douglass 9 Samuel Joseph May and Charles Lenox Remond Joel W Lewis was the chairman in 1840 10 The New England Anti Slavery Society held conventions in Boston Massachusetts May 30 31 and June 1 and 2 1837The Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society held conventions in Worcester Massachusetts October 1840 11 Nantucket Massachusetts 1841Following the Civil War the Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society took up the cause of racial equality 12 See also editMassachusetts General Colored Association which joined the New England Anti Slavery Society in 1833 World Anti Slavery Convention of 1840References edit a b Tribute to the Memory of Ellis Gray Loring Esq at the New England Anti Slavery Convention May 27 1858 PDF The Liberator June 4 1858 p 3 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o New England Anti Slavery Society NEASS American Abolitionists February 14 2017 Garrison William Lloyd 1979 Merrill Walter M ed The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison Let the Oppressed Go Free 1861 1867 Harvard University Press p 219 ISBN 9780674526655 William Lloyd Garrison 1833 The Abolitionist New England Anti Slavery Society p 20 Retrieved 23 April 2013 Cromwell 1994 The Other Brahmins Boston s Black Upper Class 1750 1950 University of Arkansas Press pp 39 ISBN 978 1 61075 293 0 Retrieved 23 April 2013 a b Zorn Roman J The New England Anti Slavery Society Pioneer Abolition Organization The Journal of Negro History Vol 42 No 3 Jul 1957 pp 157 176 Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society 1836 A Full Statement of the Reasons Which Were in Part Offered to the Committee of the Legislature of Massachusetts On the Fourth and Eighth of March Showing Why There Should Be No Penal Laws Enacted and No Condemnatory Resolutions Passed by the Legislature Respecting Abolitionits sic and Anti slavery Societies Boston Boston Public Library Special Collections Retrieved December 11 2017 William Wells Brown New Bedford Massachusetts New Bedford Historical Society Frederick Douglass Africans in America USA Public Broadcasting Service Meeting of Colored Citizens The Liberator May 22 1840 p 83 Retrieved November 6 2017 The Liberator 1840 archived from the original on 2016 03 04 retrieved 2014 06 01 Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society Thirty Sixth Anniversary PDF New York Times January 28 1870 Retrieved 2009 08 12 Further reading editIssued by the society edit New England Anti Slavery Society edit New England Anti Slavery Society 1832 Constitution of the New England Anti Slavery Society together with its by laws and a list of its officers Boston Garrison and Knapp printers New England Anti Slavery Society Buffum Arnold 1832 Constitution of the New England Anti Slavery Society with an address to the public Boston Printed by Garrison and Knapp Buffum Arnold Coffin Joshua Garrison Wm Lloyd 1832 Proposals for establishing a school on the manual labor system for the education of colored youth Boston New England Anti Slavery Society Printed by Garrison and Knapp OCLC 64736473 New England Anti slavery Society 1833 The Abolitionist or Record of the New England Anti slavery Society serial Printed by Garrison and Knapp New England Anti Slavery Society 1833 First annual report of the Board of Managers of the New England Anti Slavery Society presented Jan 9 1833 with an appendix Boston Printed by Garrison and Knapp New England Anti Slavery Society 1834 Second annual report of the board of managers of the New England Anti Slavery Society presented Jan 15 1834 with an appendix Boston Printed by Garrison amp Knapp New England Anti Slavery Convention 1834 Proceedings of the New England Anti Slavery Convention held in Boston on the 27th 28th and 29th of May 1834 Boston Published by Garrison amp Knapp New England Anti Slavery Convention 1834 Address to the people of the United States on the subject of slavery Boston Published by Garrison amp Knapp New England Anti Slavery Society 1837 Annual report of the Board of Managers of the Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society with some account of the annual meeting Printed by Isaac Knapp New England Anti Slavery Society 1837 Proceedings of the fourth New England Anti Slavery Convention held in Boston May 30 31 and June 1 and 2 1837 Printed by Isaac Knapp Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society edit Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society 1832 1853 Annual Report Proceedings of the Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society at the Annual Meetings Held in Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society 1836 A Full Statement Respecting Abolitionists and Anti Slavery Societies Boston Isaac Knapp Wendell Phillips 1852 Speeches before the Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society January 1852 Boston R F Wallcut Proceedings of the Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society at the annual meetings held in 1854 1855 amp 1856 Boston Office of Massachusetts anti slavery society 1856 J M W Yerrinton ed 1858 Speech of Rev Henry Bleby Boston R F Wallcut Missionary from Barbadoes on the results of emancipation in the British W I colonies delivered at the celebration of the Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society held at Island Grove Abington July 31st 1858 Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society 1836 A Full Statement of the Reasons Which Were in Part Offered to the Committee of the Legislature of Massachusetts On the Fourth and Eighth of March Showing Why There Should Be No Penal Laws Enacted and No Condemnatory Resolutions Passed by the Legislature Respecting Abolitionits sic and Anti slavery Societies Boston Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society p 48 Retrieved 12 December 2017 lt RARE BKS 4264 56 no 24 gt About the society edit Elaine Brooks 1945 Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society Journal of Negro History 30 3 311 330 doi 10 2307 2715115 JSTOR 2715115 S2CID 150107747 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society Records of the Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society Boston Public Library Archived from the original on 2013 07 05 Antislavery wafers Massachusetts Historical Society Printed slogans attributed to the Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society circa 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