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    Read and ponder the Fugitive slave law! Which disregards all the ordinary securities of personal liberty, which tramples on the Constitution, by its denial of the sacred rights of trial by jury, habeas corpus, and appeal, and which enacts, that the cardinal virtues of Christianity shall be considered, in the eye of the law, as crimes, punishable with the severest penalties, --fines and imprisonment. : Freemen of Massachusetts, remember, that Samuel A. Elliott of Boston, voted for this law, that Millard Filmore, our Whig president approved it and the Whig journals of Massachusetts sustain them in this iniquity
    Published 1850

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    Worcester, October 24th, 1849[.] Dear Sir:--The interest which we feel, and which you feel, in common with us, in the approaching election, induces us to address you at the present time. ... The terrible curse of slavery ... is threatening some of the finest lands ... May we not ... confine this evil ... within its present limits. ... In conclusion, we would ask you to communicate freely with us, giving us, from time to time, such information, concerning the Free Soil Party in your town, as, in your opinion, may be important for us to understand ..
    Published 1849

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    Things to be remembered Remember that the Whig administration of Millard Fillmore enacted the Fugitive slave bill, in violation of the Constitution and all the legal safeguards of personal liberty. ... Remember that Robert C. Winthrop, the Whig candidate for governor, voted for the Texas boundry bill, converting 70,000 miles of free territory into slave territory, and opening New Mexico and Utah to slavery. ...
    Published 1851

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    Boston, October 30, 1854 Hon. Charles Allen, Sir--On my return home, after some days' absence, I have been shown a copy of the Boston daily advertiser of Friday last, containing an extract from the Worcester spy, purporting to be a sketch of a speech recently made by you. I am further informed that you applied the remarks to me by name. ... To the first statement I reply, I never subscribed a dollar to the fund to establish the Boston chronicle. ... The assertion that I was one of the body guards of Sims, or any other fugitive, on his return to slavery, I pronounce false ...

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    Gov. Gardner's position (Extract from the Fitchburg reveille of last week.) "We advocated the nomination of Mr. Gardner by the Republican convention last year, after being repeatedly assured by him and his friends that in any event he would abide the decision of the convention. ...
    Published 1856

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    To the men of color I am not conscious of any color myself. The Whites, I believe, reckon me of their color, race, sort, breed, or whatsoever it may be. I do not take any particular pride in that at present, whatever I might do to their circumstances. ...
    by Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885
    Published 1863

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    A new champion of the Christian faith Lucius Manlius Sargent vs. William Lloyd Garrison. 'Elegant extracts' from recent communications of 'Sigma, ' alias Lucius Manlius Sargent, in the Boston transcript.

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    Fasten this up in your place of business! The following correspondence has recently taken place between the governor of Alabama and Henry J. Gardner, governor of Massachusetts. Governor Gardner's reply has been truly characterized as excelling in power any document from a Massachusetts statesman, since Webster's great answer to Hayne. Freemen of Massachusetts, read it, and decide if it is not your duty, to support by your votes, the man who, on every occasion, has ably and manfully vindicated and upheld the dignity and character of the Old Bay State. ..
    Published 1856

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    Sigma and Garrison
    Published 1857

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    Fourth of July in Dorchester, and Edward Everett Citizens of Dorchester! You have selected the ensuing Fourth of July on which to commemorate the two hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of the settlement of your town ...
    Published 1855

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    To mechanics and laboring men The new "Democratic" doctrine. Slavery not to be confined to the Negro race, but to be made the universal condition of the laboring classes of society. Please read and circulate among your neighbors. Shall free labor or slave labor prevail. Let all brother mechanics examine carefully and well consider the results of carrying into practical effect this new "democratic" doctrine, before voting at the next presidential election ...
    Published 1856

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    Boston, August 28th, 1854 Sir:--We take the liberty of sending to you a copy of a speech, delivered before a Whig convention, in this city, on the 16th inst., by Hon. Josiah Quincy, Senior. The mental fire, the courage, and the love of liberty, exhibited by a gentleman eighty-three years old, have suggusted the idea, that there might be, in New England, many other gentlemen, of nearly the same age, who, if opportunity were offered them, would be glad, before leaving the stage of life, to place on record their sentiments on the question of liberty in this country, and on the duties of their fellow citizens in relation thereto. ...
    Published 1854

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    The selling of Joseph : a memorial

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    Slavery

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    Proceedings of the State disunion convention, held at Worcester, Massachusetts, January 15, 1857 ..
    Published 1857

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    Address to the legal voters of the town of Roxbury Fellow citizens, The town committee of the Liberty Party, at the approach of an important election, would respectfully address you. ...
    Published 1844

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    Declaration of sentiments of the colored citizens of Boston, on the fugitive slave bill!!! Per adjournment, the Friends of Freedom rallied at Belknap Street Church, on Friday evening, October 5th, 1850, a vast concourse, including fugitives and their friends were in attendance, --the organization was completed as follows ..
    Published 1850

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    Speech of Wendell Phillips, Esq. at the Worcester Disunion Convention, January 15, 1857
    by Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
    Published 1857

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    Sacrifices for our country. : A discourse delivered July 17, 1864, in the First Church, South Deerfield, Mass., /
    by Clark, Perkins K., 1811-
    Published 1864

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    A discourse, concerning the materials, the manner of building, and power of organizing of the church of Christ : with the true difference and exact limits between civil and ecclesiastical government; and also what are, and what are not just reasons for separation. : Together with, an address to Joseph Fish ... occasioned by his late piece called The examiner examined /

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