10 Jul 1838
Page 6
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Newspaper
The Philanthropist
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1838
Page
6
A colonial era abolitionist meeting urges Congress to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia and promote immediate emancipation. The group asserts resolutions, nominates officers, and plans future meetings while stating their intent to publicize the proceedings.
Excerpts describe a meeting at Elk School House in Preble County Ohio on 2nd Month 4th Day forming the Ekie Creek Anti Slavery Society and drafting resolutions against slavery. They also report a Republican school effort at John Shepherd’s home December 22, 1836 to educate colored and white children, with a two story 30 by 26 foot school house built in Brown County offering tuition up to four dollars per session.
Granville dispatch details Granville Anti-Slavery Society resolutions rebuking critics and urging clergy to oppose oppression. It urges widespread quarterly subscriptions to fund abolitionist work, praises individual fundraising in Cincinnati, and warns that idle presses and inaction threaten the movement.
A formal pledge form announces a quarterly subscription plan to fund anti slavery operations. Signatories commit to regular payments into the society treasury to ensure financial support and active participation in emancipation efforts.
An abolitionist appeals for funds to hire three agents in the state and to buy books and pamphlets for a depository. They seek about $1700 yearly, $1000 for publications, and $4000 to aid the New York Parent Society, urging readers to cut seasonal luxuries and donate 60 cents a quarter to end presses idling.
A May 10 meeting in Ontario Lagrange county Indiana resolved to organize an anti slavery society. About 40 signed a constitution for a State Anti Slavery Society and a state convention call was issued with 273 names already collected from Liberty Bath Lawrenceburg region. The organizers urge continued effort to reach a thousand names.
Civil pamphlet notes it has received one hundred additional names in support of God and Liberty in Indiana and plans to publish the list in the next issue.
Mr Adams speech and related articles are compiled under Emancipation for a single view. The paper plans to publish divers communications when space allows, as editorial matter remains limited this week.
The article discusses Mr. Adams speaking in the House, noting readers have access to the full speech and ongoing republication. It cites Baltimore American praising the speech’s uncommon ability and vast information, while Pennsylvania Sentinel criticizes the procedural tone and stagnation of the day.
A slave state resident, not an abolitionist, reads Emancipation in the West Indies with interest and requests stitched copies worth five dollars to distribute locally. He notes influential citizens have read the work and share favorable views attributed to Governors Everett and Ellsworth.
A free state rebuttal quotes the Louisville Western Messenger praising Britain’s Emancipation Act as a noble deed, contrasting it with northern defenses of slavery. The piece argues the act cost nearly one hundred million dollars to urge colonists to free enslaved people and rebukes those who frame it as mercantile calculation.
The American Colonization Society issues an address signed by 66 persons, mostly Congress members, including delegates from Massachusetts New York New Jersey Delaware District of Columbia Pennsylvania Virginia North Carolina Kentucky Tennessee Ohio Indiana Louisiana. Signers from five slave states total 21, with slave-holders using colonization to shield abolitionism, and many slave-holders opposing the plan as it would deprive the South of its laboring class.
A letter in the Christian Statesman notes rapid Colonization progress in the Western Reserve. It cites a Methodist preacher as a loud, effective voice against abolitionists and claims abolitionism is waning there. The writer questions the testimony and asks for more balance.
A Civil War era letter notes abolitionist colonization prospects on the Western Reserve face skepticism. The writer reports steady lectures and generally favorable audiences while warning that optimistic news from Ohio is likely a humbug.
The speaker argues that anti abolition furor in the South is fueled by unscrupulous politicians and alleges Southern and Western lawmakers, including Tennesseans, are unjustly labeled abolitionists for opposing a Patton resolution. He contends the move aims to stir political agitation and warns against divisions within slaveholding states.
The article records April 1838 proceedings of Barbados and Tortola bodies debating apprenticeship abolition. It notes a motion urging absolute emancipation on August 1, 1838, with Bishop supporting the measure while stressing prudence and island interests. The Barbados council minutes include arguments for timely abolition and legal measures. Tortola’s legislature has already passed abolition, with proprietors' opposition fading.
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