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J. R. Giddings
AUTOGRAPHS FOR FREEDOM.
EDITED BYJULIA GRIFFITHS.
"In the long vista of the years to roll, Let me not see my country's honor fade; Oh! let me see our land retain its soul! Her pride in Freedom, and not Freedom's shade."AUBURN: ALDEN, BEARDSLEY & CO. ROCHESTER: WANZER, BEARDSLEY & CO.
1854.ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by ALDEN, BEARDSLEY & CO., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Northern District of New York. STEREOTYPED BY THOMAS B. SMITH, 216 William St. N. Y.
PREFACE.
IN commending this, the second volume of "the Autographs for Freedom," to the attention of the public, "THE ROCHESTER LADIES' ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY" would congratulate themselves and the friends of freedom generally on the progress made, during the past year, by the cause to which the book is devoted.
We greet thankfully those who have contributed of the wealth of their genius; the strength of their convictions; the ripeness of their judgment; their earnestness of purpose; their generous sympathies; to the completeness and excellence of the work; and we shall hope to meet many of them, if not all, in other numbers of "The Autograph," which may be called forth ere the chains of the Slave shall be broken, and page: vi-vii (Table of Contents) [View Page vi-vii (Table of Contents) ] this country redeemed from the sin and the curse of Slavery.
On behalf of the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society.
Julia Griffiths, Sec'y.
ROCHESTER, N. Y.,Contents.
- INTRODUCTION (The Colored People's "Industrial College"). Prof. C. L. Reason.11
- Massacre at Blount's Fort. Hon. J. R. Giddings.14
- The Fugitive Slave Act. Hon. Wm. Jay. 27
- The Size of Souls. Antoinette L. Brown. 41
- Vincent Ogé. George B. Vashon. 44
- The Law of Liberty. Rev. Dr. Win. Marsh. 61
- The Swiftness of Time in God. Theodore Parker. 63
- Visit of a Fugitive Slave to the Grave of Wilberforce. Wm. Wells Brown. 70
- Narrative of Albert and Mary. Dr. W. H. Brisbane. 77
- Toil and Trust. Hon. Chas. F. Adams. 128
- Friendship for the Slave is Friendship for the Master. Jacob Abbott. 134
- Christine. Anne P. Adams. 139
- The Intellectual, Moral, and Spiritual Condition of the Slave. J. M. Langston. 147
- The Bible versus Slavery. Rev. Dr. Willis. 151
- The Work Geos Bravely on. W. J. Watkins. 156
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- Slaveholding not a Misfortune but a Crime. Rev Wm. Brock. 158
- The Illegality of Slaveholding. Rev. W. Goodell. 159
- "Ore Perennius." David Paul Brown. 160
- The Mission of America. John S. C. Abbott. 161
- Disfellowshipping the Slaveholder. Lewis Tappan. 163
- A Leaf from my Serap Book. Wm. J. Wilson. 165
- Who is my Neighbor. Rev. Thos. Starr King. 174
- Consolation for the Slave. Dr. S. Willard. 175
- The Key. Dr. S. Willard. 177
- The True Mission of Liberty. Dr. W. Elder. 178
- The True Spirit of Reform. Mary Willard. 180
- A Welcome to Mrs. H. B. Stowe, on her return from Europe. J. C. Holly. 184
- Forward (from the German). Rev. T. W. Higginson. 186
- What has Canada to do with Slavery? Thos. Henning. 187
- A Fragment. Rev. Rufus Ellis. 190
- The Encroachment of the Slave Power. John Jay, Esq.192
- The Dishonor of Labor. Horace Greeley. 194
- The Evils of Colonization. Wm. Watkins. 198
- The Basis of the American Constitution. Hon. Wm. H. Seward. 201
- A Wish. Mrs. C. M. Kirkland. 207
- A Dialogue. C. A. Bloss. 210
- A time of Justice will come. Hon. Gerit Smith. 225
- Hope and Confidence. Prof. C. L. Reason. 226
- A Letter that speaks for itself. Jane G. Swisshelm. 230
- On Freedom. R. W. Emerson. 235
- Mary Smith. An Anti-Slavery Reminiscence. Hon S. E. Sewell. 236
- Freedom—Liberty. Dr. J. Mc Cune Smith. 241
- An Aspiration. Rev. E. H. Chapin. 242
- The Dying Soliloquy of the Victim of the Wilkesbarre Tragedy. Mrs. H. H. Greenough. 243
- Let all be Free. Hon. C. M. Clay. 248
- Extract from a Speech. Frederick Douglass. 251
- Extract from an Unpublished Poem on Freedom. William D. Snow. 256
- Letter. Rev. H. Ward Beecher. 273
- A Day Spent at Playford Hall. Mrs. Harriet B. Stowe. 277
- Teaching the Slave to Read. Mary Irving. 304