United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes
United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861]]>
Antislavery movements
Grimke, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879
Slavery--United States--Controversial literature]]>

"Appeal to the Christian Women of the South" by A.E. Grimke. In this essay, Angelina Grimke urges Southern women to use their influence on the men in their lives to fight against slavery.]]>
Law --United States --Periodicals.
Secession
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
United States --Politics and government
United States --Politics and government --Periodicals.]]>
This issue includes a debate on an amendment to an internal tax bill, proposed by Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, "that any person who shall claim the service or labor for life of any other person under the laws of any State shall pay, on account of such person so claimed, the sum of ten dollars." The amendment was later rejected.]]>
Boston (Mass.) -- Newspapers
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843
Suffolk County (Mass.) -- Newspapers
The Liberator]]>

Over its 35 year run, Garrison published 1,820 issues, ending in 1865 after the end of the Civil War. This issue was the newspaper's final issue. It includes a poem by a woman identified as Carrie from Brooklyn, New York, entitled "A Farewell to the Liberator." There are also tributes to Garrison and to the paper.
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Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843]]> J.B. Yerrinton & Son, Printers]]>
Antislavery movements
Slavery--United States
Slavery--United States--Controversial literature]]>

This is a reprint of a speech delivered to the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1853. Phillips discusses his belief that abolition is essential to perpetuate American democracy.]]>
Antislavery movements
Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States
Slavery--United States
Slavery--United States--Controversial literature]]>

  • Southern Prophecies
  • Southern Fulfillment of the Preceding Prophecies
  • Southern Statements of the Happiness of Slaves
  • Southern Proofs that Slaves are "Happy and Contented"
  • Southern Proofs of the "Chivalrous and High-Minded Character" Produced by Slavery
  • Southern Proofs that "the Physical Condition of Slaves is Better than that of Northern Laborers"
  • Southern Prospects for Northern Laborers and Mechanics
  • Southern Testimony Concerning the Effects of Slavery on the States
  • Southern Opinions Concerning the Extension of Slavery
  • Southern and Northern Democrats Now Leagued for the Extension of Slavery
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