E. A. Phelps British Anti-Slavery Society Papers
Collection — Container: MS ACC 1044-1055
Call Number: MS Acc 1044-1055
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the eleven resolutions written in 1845 in response to the imprisonment of any abolitionist who assisted a runaway slave in the southern United States. Composed by various committees of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, they were meant as encouragement for abolitionists in the United States to continue despite the hardship. The resolutions reject slavery as an institution and refer to both the Declaration of Independence as well as Christian beliefs. Also included is a draft of a letter from Amos Augustus Phelps to Francis Wayland in which Phelps discusses duty and responsibility as it pertains to God, men, and slavery.
Dates
- 1845
Creator
- Phelps, E. A. (Person)
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Biographical / Historical
Chronology:
1796 - Francis Wayland is born in New York City.
1805 - Amos Augustus Phelps is born in Farmington, Connecticut.
1807 - Britain bans importation of African slaves.
1808 - United States bans importation of African slaves.
1817-1821 - Francis Wayland tutors at Union College.
1821-1826 - Wayland is pastor of the First Baptist Church of Boston.
1823 - British Antislavery Society is established.
1826 - Amos Phelps graduates from Yale.
1827 - Francis Wayland is named President of Brown University.
1830 - Phelps graduates from Yale Divinity School.
1831-1834 - Phelps is pastor of Congregational churches in Boston area and editor of the “Emancipation.”
1833 - Parliament abolishes slavery with the Slavery Abolition Act.
1834 - Anti-slavery societies begin to mail petitions Congress.
1836 - U.S. Congress passes resolution postponing action on all petitions relating to slavery.
1844 - U.S. Congress rescinds the gag rule on antislavery petitions.
1845 - British Antislavery Societies sign and send petitions in support of abolitionists in the United States.
1850 - Fugitive Slave Act passed.
1796 - Francis Wayland is born in New York City.
1805 - Amos Augustus Phelps is born in Farmington, Connecticut.
1807 - Britain bans importation of African slaves.
1808 - United States bans importation of African slaves.
1817-1821 - Francis Wayland tutors at Union College.
1821-1826 - Wayland is pastor of the First Baptist Church of Boston.
1823 - British Antislavery Society is established.
1826 - Amos Phelps graduates from Yale.
1827 - Francis Wayland is named President of Brown University.
1830 - Phelps graduates from Yale Divinity School.
1831-1834 - Phelps is pastor of Congregational churches in Boston area and editor of the “Emancipation.”
1833 - Parliament abolishes slavery with the Slavery Abolition Act.
1834 - Anti-slavery societies begin to mail petitions Congress.
1836 - U.S. Congress passes resolution postponing action on all petitions relating to slavery.
1844 - U.S. Congress rescinds the gag rule on antislavery petitions.
1845 - British Antislavery Societies sign and send petitions in support of abolitionists in the United States.
1850 - Fugitive Slave Act passed.
Extent
11.00 Items
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Method of Acquisition
Donated to the Boston Public Library by E. A. Phelps.
Processing Information
Finding aid written by Katharine Zore, October 2010.
Processing Information
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Creator
- Phelps, E. A. (Person)
- Title
- E. A. Phelps British Anti-Slavery Society Papers
- Date
- 10/21/2011
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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