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those duplicitous abolitionists

Posted on December 14, 2013 by SUMPTER

Nowadays Voodoo economics is a well-known phrase to question your political opponent’s intellectual ability or honesty. 150 years ago a Southern editorial said abolitionists’ claims that they wanted to free slaves was “moonshine philanthropy” – abolitionists really just wanted to … Continue reading →

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trick or treat

Posted on October 31, 2013 by SUMPTER

You can read about this 1862 political carton at the Library of Congress. After being caned by Preston Brooks in the U.S. Senate in May 1856, Charles Sumner needed over three years to be able to fully recover from the … Continue reading →

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Singing and Laughing with Fred.

Posted on February 17, 2012 by SUMPTER

From The New-York Times February 13, 1862: FRED. DOUGLASS ON THE WAR.; An Interesting Meeting at the Cooper Institute A Speech by Fred. Douglas Songs by the Hutchinsons. A very large audience assembled at the Cooper Institute last evening, on … Continue reading →

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Not an Abolitionist in the American Sense

Posted on February 15, 2012 by SUMPTER

A letter to Britain 150 years ago this week. To Sir Charles Lyell. Boston, February 11, 1862 MY DEAR LYELL,-No doubt, I ought to have written to you before. But I have had no heart to write to my friends … Continue reading →

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Up (Up, and Away) from Slavery

Posted on November 22, 2011 by SUMPTER

You can read a description of this image at the Library of Congress. Henry would almost certainly agree with the sentiment. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch November 22, 1861: Ranaway–$100 reward. –Ranaway, on Monday, a Negro Boy, named Henry; about … Continue reading →

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Henry Wilson’s Regiment

Posted on September 30, 2011 by SUMPTER

From The New-York Times September 30, 1861: COL WILSON’S REGIMENT. The following telegram has just been received by assistant Quartermaster-General FRANK E. HOWE: BOSTON, Saturday, Sept. 28. We must postpone our departure forty-eight hours. We will leave Boston at 6 … Continue reading →

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Assault on an Abolitionist

Posted on August 27, 2011 by SUMPTER

More Violence in New Hampshire From The New-York Times August 28, 1861: ASSAULT UPON HON. JOHN P. HALE. — On Saturday afternoon, upon the arrival of Hon. JOHN P. HALE at the depot in Dover, N.H. (the place of his … Continue reading →

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Let Them Go!

Posted on January 20, 2011 by admin

More Evidence of Dis-united North A month after South Carolina officially seceded from the Union Wendell Phillips, a well-known abolitionist, gave a speech in Boston. The main idea: if a state wants to secede, let it. From The New-York Times … Continue reading →

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