Proceedings Of The American Anti Slavery Societ

Author : American Anti-Slavery Society
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ISBN 13 : 9781330969991
Total Pages : 184 pages
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Download or read book Proceedings of the American Anti-Slavery Society, at Its Second Decade, 1854 (Classic Reprint) written by American Anti-Slavery Society and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Anti-Slavery Society, at Its Second Decade, 1854 Finance Committee. Benjamin C. Bacon, of Pa., Benjamin Bown, of Ohio, Abby Kimber, of Pa., Alice Jackson, of Pa. Business committee. Wendell Phillips, James Miller McKim, Mary Grew, Edward M.Davis, Charles C. Burleigh, Thomas Whitson, Anne Warren Weston, Joseph A. Dugdale, Henry C. Wright. Opportunity being given, vocal prayer was offered, in a fervent spirit, by Henry Grew, of Philadelphia. Mr. Garrison, on taking the chair, made an eloquent and earnest address to the Society; but as the Reporter of the subsequent proceedings was not then present, only the following imperfect sketch of it can be given: In holding this twentieth anniversary, (Mr. G. said, ) I must first congratulate such of you as participated in the formation of this Society - and, next, all those who, since that memorable event, have rallied under its standard - on the unquestionable progress and many signal triumphs of our cause, and also on the numerous cheering signs of the times. Our movement is not sectional or geographical, but world-wide in its principles, affecting all the hopes and interests of humanity, and indissolubly connected with the freedom of mankind. It does not relate to the color of the skin, but to the value of a man. It is not the antagonism of the North against the South, but of Liberty against Slavery. Our instrumentalities are the same now as at the beginning - the faithful and uncompromising utterance of the truth, and its application to the consciences and hearts of the people, without respect to persons. The spirit that actuates us is still a loving spirit, "without partiality and without hypocrisy" - as earnestly desiring the welfare of the slaveholder, as of the slave - the spirit of human brotherhood, of peace and good will to all men, and we believe most acceptable to God. Since this Society was organized, probably not less than twelve hundred thousand new victims have been added to the slave population of our land; the whole number of which, at the present time - Three Millions And A Half - surpasses that of the inhabitants of Pennsylvania! One hundred thousand babes are annually born at the South, and doomed to live and die as chattels personal and marketable articles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.