"Thirty-Second Anniversary Of The American Anti-Slavery Society", a two-page report in "The Liberator, Our Country Is The World, Vol. XXXV No. 22, Whole No. 1791, Boston, Friday, June 2, 1865"
Wm. Lloyd Garrison, editor [Adin Ballou], 1865. Paperback. Very Good. Item #21-0934
25 x 17.5", wraps, pages 85-88. Fold creases/tears, creasing, edge tears, scattered foxing, ink name else good. Folded into four. Ink name is "A. Ballou", Adin Ballou was an associate of William Lloyd Garrison and a proponent of the nonviolent abolitionism. He broke from Garrison when in 1861 Garrison left the nonviolent movement to support the Union war effort. Ballou was the founder of the Utopian society, Hopedale, which was a community based on the principle of non-violence. The anniversary report (which is a continuation from the last issue, not present) deals with the continuation of the society in the wake of the passing of the 13th amendment. Some of the contributors: Mr. Douglass, Mr. Phillips, Stephen S. (Synes) Foster, Mr. Garrison, Mr. (Parker) Pillsbury. Mr. Foster writes, in part: "The Southern States have not voluntarily relinquished their grasp on the slave. It is a forced emancipation, and the moment the force is withdrawn, the crime will be repeated...the only hope for the negro is in imprinting the law of justice upon the American heart...when that is done, we may disband, but not till then." Other contents: "The Colored Troops And The Review", "The Freedmen In The Carolinas", "Amnesty To Rebels", "Surrender Of Rebel Forces West Of The Mississippi", "Phrenological Character of Lincoln, President Of The United States." SCARCE Ballou association. The Liberator would cease publication in just over six months, on December 29th.
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