Abolition Fund Plan Urged Across Ohio and Kentucky
The 1838 Ohio Ohio abolitionist plea argues for a new annual fund plan to recruit every abolitionist to donate, detailing a quarterly subscription to raise twelve thousand five hundred dollars and urging counties and towns to plant societies and libraries. It cites Kentucky’s opposition to immediate emancipation while urging universal action and highlighting British, Irish, and Essex meetings supporting abolition.
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Ohio
Picayune
Massachusetts
Board of Managers
State Society
Pledged Societies Published Urging Unpledged to Act
A list of pledged societies is printed to shame the unpledged groups into prompt action. The appeal urges them to act energetically and with unity, regardless of hard times or money pressures, to oppose slavery and defend liberties. The call stresses moral duty and national honor in the pursuit of justice.
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County Society
County
Tsbsoldrer
Scholdia Thiete
Hing
Ee Ee Ee
Failur
House of Commons
Bastile
France
John Russell
Glenelg
George Gray
Gladstone
Treasury
Mr. Thompson
Debates on State Abolition Resolutions and Iowa Bill
The text recounts remarks by Mr Adams and others on Massachusetts and Connecticut resolutions about abolition and slavery. It notes motions to table or print, and summarizes a broader republication of a June debate on Iowa government and slave-state power shifts.
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Otetindan
Bardrey Wilmot
Thompson
Gladstone
Christ Church
Erebus
George Grey
Hugua
Bermudas
Nevis
Rotunda
Eardley Wilmot
Abbot
O'Connell
Jackson
Litton
Marquess of Ae
Marquess
House of Lords
O’connell
Commons
Adams
Massachusetts
Paepets
Eosewe Hon
Union
Ingham
Connecticut
Cushman
Wother
Iowa
Jacinta
Pope
Waddxy Thompson
Texas
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George Thompson
London Sun
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Yorke
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I. Gray
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Alain
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Ireland
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Torrens M‘cullagh
Dillon
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Rocky Spring, Highland Co
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Sardinia, Brown.co
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Euclid
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