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Newspaper
The Anti Slavery Bugle
Location
Salem, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1850
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes reference anti slavery activism in Salem Ohio circa 1850. The garbled text mentions local groups, possibly MADITANTS and city names. Reading preserves a sense of 19th century abolition activity in a Salem context with uncertain specifics.
Akron area notices announce a Calveranet Church event on June 9 with a morning session titled Cave Cuurerian Mixiexar and an afternoon program covering Cuvacn Onusenens and Dives nor Mewar. Evening plans include Cwaurnonry mr Reta and social timing for attendees in Handolph and Merson.
The party including Mrs. Jones and others traveled to Akron where Mrs. Jones spoke a new address on the Civil, Industrial, Moral and Religious Condition of Woman at the Universalist Church to a large attentive crowd. Notable attendees included Zephaniah Baker and P. M. Baker, with J. R. Buchanan of Cincinnati sending support. The event drew praise for advancing the movement and highlighted Akron's progressive climate and local leaders.
The note criticizes sloppy handwriting and bad spelling in contributor letters, urges careful writing with pen and ink, and warns printers about poor orthography. It flags repeated errors in grammar and urges correspondents to improve while noting the editor’s need for clearer prose.
The temperance gatherings grow in interest as women speakers lead with powerful appeals. Maria J. Garrigues and Mary Stanton stirred attendees with heartfelt rhetoric and condemnation of tobacco habits, while Rachel Stratton is announced as the next speaker.
The column reviews Furness's speech and a Te Terre edition of Knightly tracts, noting Leopardi and Groto's History of Greece. It highlights Tory England views on France's Revolution, Matrimony from a Phrenological angle, and abolition sentiment against capital punishment. Mentions U.S. publications from Fowler Wells and Living Age reprints.
The Ohio Constitutional Convention discussed petitions urging equal rights regardless of race or color, and whether to extend voting and officeholding to all citizens. Debates touched on whether to separate topics by race, with speakers urging cautious, orderly action and concerns about public reception and political risk.
Amid tense discussion the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church considers emancipation and the Union. Dr. Leland of Charleston is elected moderator as debates center on political questions and the church’s stance on national unity amid sectional strife.
In a letter to the Impartial Citizen Rev Samuel TR Ward discusses Free Soil views in Connecticut and New England, noting negro-hatred and political divisions. He mentions Liberty party remnants, references a Water Care Exposition, and highlights a medical work by Thomas Li Nedotsy, wife of Mary Gove Nichols, as worthy of study.
An African American speaker pleads for the enslaved in Hawtatowns during a Sunday service at a Presbyterian church. A white audience reacts with varied reverence and laughter as the preacher denounces proslavery religion and argues California and New Mexico must forbid slavery by natural law.
A historical dispatch details Lopez and associates plotting an expedition from Savannah to Cuba and Hispaniola. It notes arrests, trials before Judge Nichols, public reactions, and possible U S annexation dynamics tied to freeing enslaved populations and forming provisional governments.
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