The New York State Anti-Slavery Society was established on October 21, 1835, in Peterboro, New York after the founding group had initially been driven out of Utica by an anti-anti-slavery group. [1] This disturbance is known as the Utica Riot of 1835. [2] The group successfully convened in a meeting in Utica a year later; the records of these proceedings were published and a copy is held in the Library of Congress. [3]
E. C. Pritchett, an ally of Theodore Weld, was an agent and recording secretary for the society in 1840. [4]
The Society reprinted William Jay's book on the federal government's protective relationship with slavery with a new appendix following the dispensation of the Amistad case. [5]
See also
References
- ^ Myers, John L. (1962). "The Beginning of Anti-Slavery Agencies in New York State, 1833-1836". New York History. 43 (2): 149–181. ISSN 0146-437X. JSTOR 23158611.
- ^ "Utica Riot at 1835 Convention". Oneida County Freedom Trail. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ "Proceedings of the first annual meeting of the New-York State Anti-slavery Society, convened at Utica, October 19, 1836". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ Muelder, Owen W. (2011-10-14). Theodore Dwight Weld and the American Anti-Slavery Society. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-8853-7.
- ^ Jay, William (1844) [1839]. A View of the Action of the Federal Government, In Behalf of Slavery (Original publisher: New-York, J.S. Taylor). Appendix: The Amistad Case by Joshua Leavitt. Utica, N.Y.: J.C. Jackson for the New York State Anti-Slavery Society. LCCN 05023101. OCLC 8529817.
Further reading
- Henderson, Alice Hatcher (1963).
The History of the New York State Anti-slavery Society (Thesis). University of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies.
doi:
10.7302/9922.
hdl:
2027.42/179533.
ProQuest
6408170.
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