Abolitionists -- Great Britain
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
English Civilization Collection
Collection — MS Eng.
Call Number: MS Eng.
Scope and Contents
The English (British) Civilization Collection contains more than 1,500 letters and documents that were either purchased by the Boston Public Library or were donated. The material was written by royal, political, military, literary, scientific, and artistic figures, together with other individuals who contributed to British and Irish history and culture throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
Dates:
1573-1970
E. A. Phelps British Anti-Slavery Society Papers
Collection — 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...
Dates:
1845
