Barbados and South Carolina slavery debates over emancipation
The piece contrasts Barbados immediate emancipation with gradual plans, using Hovey’s Barbados data and Bailey’s South Carolina letters. It argues Barbados shows limited religious instruction for slaves, while South Carolina has broader church reach, challenging abolitionist claims about better West Indies preparation. It notes Protestant missions, school growth, and the push to free all slaves at once to avoid unrest.
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The
Observer
Hovey
Barbados
Rufus W. Bailey
South Carolina
West India
Bailey
B. Is
Congregational Society
Pittsfield
Mass
Maine
Chris
New York
England
New York Observer
West Indies
American Union
Babados
W. H. Colridge
Prof
Hezzy
Serene
Methodist
Mibrace
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgie
Great Britain
Episcopal Church
Baptist Church
Lutheran
Christian Church
Georgia
Jamaica
Lionel Smith
Important Discovery on Slavery By Southern Convention
The Journal and Register reports a Southern Convention claim that hereditary slaveholding in free political systems best promotes private happiness and public prosperity. Ohioans are urged to reject this and defend universal equality and labor rights, insisting slavery harms social and political development. A Buckeye.
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Ohio
South
Emancipation Debate and New England Conference Reflections
The Emancipator discusses an 1827 NY Observer essay arguing Egyptian bondage was milder than U S slavery and critiques abolitionist tensions at the New England Conference. It notes charges against abolitionists, acquittals of Rev. O Scott and the paper's editor, and warns of a harsher anti abolition stance from the episcopacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
O. Scott
Senate
New York
Zion’s Watchman
Southern Literary Messenger Prospectus Sparks Debate
An excerpt from the Prospectus of the Southern Literary Messenger, to be published at Rich- mond, critiques the world literature as biased against the slaveholding perspective and signals a defense of southern literary aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Literary Messenger
Rich
Northern and Southern Literary Prospects Compared
A discussion arguing that the South can match the North in wealth, talent, and taste, if it provides authors an agent and grows domestic print culture. It condemns unpaid labor and urges schooling and industrial vigor to raise dignity of character and literary output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ali Pacha
Red Sea
New York Observer
Commercial Advertiser
O Therl
Seakeu
Mond
Vai
South
Union
Washington
Abolitionist plea on slave trade and cruelty in voyage abuses
A reader letter from Montego Bay condemns the booming slave trade. It cites a schooner arrival and reports that dying captives’ flesh was served to survivors, a fact uncovered by Evelyn of the Customs at Lucia, urging action to restore rights and humanity.
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Africa
Bey
Monteg
United States Guanty
Evelyn
Customs
Lucia
Post Master Kendall on Abusing Mail Privilege
The piece questions officials sending free papers to non subscribers and imagines a hostile post master burning copies. It cites Mr. Carter on extra Globes franked by public officers and asks if a post master accusing the editor of burning papers would breach duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendall
Carter
Globe
Blair
Colonization Debates Split North and South Over July 4 Sermons
A Civil War era clash over colonization and July Fourth sermons is outlined. Supporters press churches to back African colonization with Independence Day events, while opponents warn of ties to slavery and unrest. Rev. Capers and editors critique inflammatory preaching and North South divergences on the issue.
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Sehuhor
W. Capore
Washington City
Capado
9Western Christian Advocate
Ganpesiak
Zi‘atchman
Col ored American circulation appeal
Our friends whose enterprise began and sustains the Col ored American under editor S. E. Cornish seek to extend its circulation. We urge white friends to help and aim for at least one copy in every Anti Slavery Society. Emer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. Cornish
Eman
Abolitionist Label and Southern Pressure in Political Debate
The Mobile Com Register critiques Mr. Van Buren as an abolitionist, claiming Southern trust in him. It compares Mr. Clay to Van Buren, urging the South to push him beyond neutrality. The piece warns Clay must fully commit to the extremes or face Southern rejection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maatts van Buren
Henry Cray
the Mobile Com. Register
van Buren
Clay
Abolition Debate on Slavery and Liberty
A dialogue between A and B discusses slavery, its origins, and the justice of emancipation. They question inherited bondage, accountability for ancestors, and whether freed people should live in their native land or among current settlers. The exchange references biblical prophecy and calls for moral restraint in matters of liberty.
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Ann
Jesus Christ
Abel
Barachias
Bach Rae
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Cheraw
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York Observer
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Portland
Belfast
Journal and Register
Emancipator
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Pharaoh
Canaan
Goshen
Moses
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