All posts tagged "abolition"
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9.6K2Arts and LeisureOver the River and Through the Wood: 7 Fun Facts
The author of Over the River and Through the Wood was very unlike the other author who wrote a favorite holiday song...
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4.0KMassachusettsThe Branded Hand of Jonathan Walker: Emblem of Slave Stealing or Slave Savior?
In 1844, Florida slave-holders believed Jonathan Walker deserved the punishment of a branded hand. Walker, after all, had tried to steal seven...
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3.4KMassachusettsHow Louisa May Alcott Voted for the First Time in 1880
On March 29, 1880, Louisa May Alcott voted with 19 other women for the first time at the Concord Town Meeting. The...
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2.9K1MassachusettsEpes Sargent Tries to Get America to Believe in Ghosts
In the 1860s and 1870s, many Americans became obsessed with spiritualism and communicating with the dead. The movement, which began in 1848...
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7.7K3MassachusettsLewis Tappan, the Man Who Hired Abe Lincoln to Spy on Sinners
Lewis Tappan hated slavery as much as he hated people who didn’t pay their debts. In 1841, he found he could do...
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3.5K1ConnecticutNine New England Tax Resisters
Abolition, war and injustice have inspired tax resisters in New England since even before the American Revolution. And well after the American...
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6.3K2New HampshireWhen Calling Someone a New Englander Was an Insult
In November 1852, newspapers in Pennsylvania gave over 650 words to assailing the flaws of the New Englander. In a wide-ranging screed...
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4.9K3MassachusettsCharles Torrey – The Most Successful, Least Celebrated Abolitionist
In June of 1844, Charles Torrey arrived in Baltimore. He was well-known as an anti-slavery agitator and architect of the Underground Railroad....
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8.7K3ConnecticutHenry Ward Beecher Delivers One Too Many Sermons on Morality
The Beecher family of Litchfield, Ct. – the children of Rev. Lyman Beecher and his two wives Roxanne and Harriet – each...
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5.0K11MassachusettsFive year old Elizabeth Bright is Kidnapped in 1837
In September of 1837, Henry Bright returned from Alabama to Massachusetts with his family. He had made a business career there, but...
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