In 1838, he escaped to the North, settling in the abolitionist stronghold of New Bedford, Massachusetts. After reading William Lloyd Garrison's newspaper The Liberator, and hearing him speak at ...
A network of local abolition groups was established across Britain. These groups campaigned through public meetings and the publication of pamphlets and petitions. One of the main speakers at ...
click image for close-up Published in the December 15, 1860, issue of Harper's Weekly, this image appeared with the caption, "Expulsion of Negroes and Abolitionists from Tremont Temple ...
One of the main speakers at abolitionist meetings was John Newton, a former slave ship captain who became an abolitionist. The Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade tasked Thomas Clarkson ...