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Newspaper

Alton Observer

Location

Alton, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1838

Page

4

Abolition Echoes in Early American Policy and Thought

A long excerpted compilation surveys abolitionist writings and debates from 1770s to 1790s, highlighting pamphlets by Hopkins and Jefferson, memorials by New York and Virginia societies, and Congress debates on slavery and the northwest ordinance. It cites figures like Jay, Hamilton, Bush, Franklin, Mason, Madison, and Washington, tracing rising abolitionist sentiment and policy proposals shaping early U.S. stance on slavery.

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Abolition Voices Rise Across Early American State Talks

The excerpt surveys historical abolitionist sentiments from 1794 to 1832, citing doctors, judges, and lawmakers who denounced slavery as incompatible with Christianity, natural justice, and republican ideals. It notes manumission acts in Virginia and Maryland, calls for gradual emancipation, and highlights figures like Rush, Pinkney, Tucker, and Sharp advocating abolition.

America Union Page Virginia Congress Mr. Scott Pennsylvania United States Burke South Carolina Smith Carolina Society of Friends Parker Mr. Jackson Georgia Madison Gazette of Kentucky Messrs Breckenridge Nicholas Rice Mr. Rice Edwards Connecticut Abolition Society General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church Rush Fiske Dartmouth College Tennessee Brown North Carolina Hartley Washington John Sinclair Maryland Tucker Dorsey William Pinkney James Campbell Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati Great Britain General Washington Baltimore General Gates Gates Jhcy University of William and Mary Granville Sharp Sharpe Somerset King’s Bench England Southern Department Gen. Lee Partizan Legion U. States Supreme Court General Assembly Faulkner Commonwealth Pendleton Mason and Lee Wythe Thomas Jefferson

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