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The Ohio Anti-Slavery Society was originally created as an auxiliary of the American Anti-Slavery Society. [2] Its first meeting took place in Putnam, Ohio, in April of 1835, [3] and gathered delegates from 25 counties, along with four corresponding members from other states, William T. Allan, James G. Birney, James A. Thome and Ebenezer Martin. [4]
Two Ohio Abolition Society conventions were held at the Stone Academy in 1835 and 1839. The academy was attacked both times by anti-abolitionists from Zaneville. [2] Major Horace Nye presided over the convention in 1839. Lucinda Belknap Nye, his wife, was the president of the Muskingum County Anti-Slavery Society. They lived at 228 Adams Street ...
Many local anti-slavery societies were founded. in April 1835 an Ohio Anti-slavery Society was formed, at whose initial meeting in Putnam, Ohio (today Zanesville), both Rankin and Weld played key roles. [17] On his way home, Rankin had his first real experience with mob opposition to his efforts, as he was showered with rotten eggs.
Others were willing to risk public disapproval and fight for the rights of free blacks. [3] James Gillespie Birney, a former slave owner from Alabama, had become an abolitionist. In January 1836 he set up The Philanthropist, a newspaper sponsored by the Ohio Anti-Slavery Society. [4] At first, the newspaper was printed in nearby New Richmond.
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society (founded 1835) Ohio Anti-Slavery Society (founded 1835) Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women (founded 1837) New York State Anti-Slavery Society, first meeting held in Utica October 19, 1836 (History of slavery in New York (state)) Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society (founded 1838)
Slavery and the internal slave trade in the United States of North America; being replies to questions transmitted by the committee of the British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society, for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade throughout the world. Presented to the General Anti-slavery Convention, held in London, June 1840.
Dawes and John Keep toured England in 1839 and 1840 gathering funds for Oberlin College in Ohio. [1] They both attended the 1840 anti-slavery convention in London. [2]John Keep and William Dawes both undertook a fund raising mission in England in 1839 and 1840 to raise funds from sympathetic abolitionists.
Professor Henry E. Peck was indicted, and twelve of the rescuers indicted were free blacks, among them Charles Henry Langston, who had helped ensure that Price was taken to Canada rather than released to the authorities. [1] Charles and his brother John Mercer Langston were both Oberlin College graduates, and led the Ohio Anti-Slavery Society in