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An Epistle to the Clergy of the Southern States
Published in December by the American Anti-Slavery Society, Sarah Grimke’s “An Epistle” refuted the argument that slavery is justified because it appears in the Bible. She argued that slavery was irreconcilable with Christianity, in an attempt to…
An address on "Suffrage and Reconstruction," the duty of the people, the President, and Congress by Hon. A.J. Hamilton, of Texas; delivered at the invitation of the Impartial-Suffrage League, at the Tremont Temple in Boston
Hamilton was a lawyer, state representative, and the 11th Governor of Texas. The Impartial Suffrage League was founded in Boston in 1866. League members expressed support for women’s suffrage, but the league’s constitution was confined to attaining…
Uncle Tom's story of his life An Autobiography of Rev. Josiah Henson (Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom”) from 1789 to 1876
Josiah Henson (1789-1883) was an author, abolitionist, and minister. The public originally believed that Henson's life story was the basis for the character of Uncle Tom in her novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Edited by L. Maria Child
The first slave narrative written by a woman.
Free Religion. Report of Addresses at a Meeting Held in Boston, May 30, 1867, To Consider the Conditions, Wants, and Prospects of Free Religion in America. Together with the Constitution of the Free Religious Association There Organized
This report prints her address in full, as well as prints remarks by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Owen, Oliver Johnson, Francis Abbot, et al.
A key to Uncle Tom's cabin: presenting the original facts and documents upon which the story is founded, together with corroborative statements verifying the truth of the work
After receiving accusations of misrepresenting slavery in her earlier publication Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Stowe published this work to document the veracity of the depiction of slavery in her novel.
History of Pennsylvania Hall which was destroyed by a mob on the 17th of May, 1838
The riot at Pennsylvania Hall occurred at a time of backlash against abolitionism. Built in 1838 by the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society as a meeting place for abolitionists, the hall was burned to the ground by anti-Black rioters three days after…
The Liberty Bell by Friends of Freedom
Maria Weston Chapman was an abolitionist who helped found and lead the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society in 1832. At the 1839 fair, she debuted The Liberty Bell, an annual gift book that she edited and published to be sold at the fairs. It contained…
The Liberty Bell by Friends of Freedom
Maria Weston Chapman (1806-1885) was named to the executive board of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1840 and helped to edit its newspaper, The Liberator. In 1844, she helped found and co-edit the Anti-Slavery Standard. This anthology contains…
Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, A Native African and a Slave. Also, Poems by a Slave
Phillis Wheatley is considered the first black woman poet in America. This first edition is illustrated and includes the Memorial by Margaretta Matilda Odell, a descendant of the Wheatley family.