1861 FUGITIVE SLAVES. No Compromise with the South on the Issue of Fugitive Slavery. Missionary Prior to 1724

Prior to 1724

One of the most significant texts of the earliest days of William Wilberforce's efforts to end slavery

A very interesting work by recent Irish immigrant

one of Boston’s most prominent and respected business men and a strong supporter of the Union during the Civil War and the cause of the slaves

1861 FUGITIVE SLAVES. No Compromise with the South on the Issue of Fugitive Slavery. Missionary Prior to 1724In 1860, a Bill was introduced before the Ohio Legislature to attempt to pressure to Ohioans to cease harboring and aiding fugitive slaves. Hitchcock is outraged and incensed. "Have we not done enough? . . . Must we pass additional [laws] . . . ? Laws which, if carried out in their spirit would inflict severe penalties upon that person who should give a cup of water, a bit of bread, or bestow a blanket upon the poor, shivering, hunted fugitive?"