the place of the lamented Lovejoy, who was murdered by a mob in
that State, in 1837.

"In 1831, Wm. Lloyd Garrison commenced, under great difficulties
and discouragements, the publication of the _Liberator_, in
Boston; and by the energy and earnestness of his appeals, roused
the attention of many minds to the subject of slavery. Shortly
after, a society was formed in Boston in favor of immediate
emancipation. It consisted at first, if I remember right, of
only twelve members. Previous to this, however, a society,
embracing very similar principles, had been formed in
Pennsylvania. In 1833, upwards of sixty delegates from several
of the free States, met at Philadelphia; among them were Elizur
Wright and Beriah Green, (who had been compelled to give up
their Professorships in Western Reserve [Ohio] College, for
their attachment to freedom,) Lewis Tappan, William Lloyd
Garrison, Charles W. Denison, Arnold Buffum, Amos A. Phelps, and
John G. Whittier. This Convention organized the American
Anti-Slavery Society, proposing to make use of the common
instrumentalities afforded by the Government and laws, for the
abolition of slavery; at the same time, disavowing a design to
use any other than peaceful and lawful measures."


In some of the Southern States there are professing Christian churches
who permit slave-holding, but disallow the selling of slaves, except
with their own consent. Dr. Fussell informed me how this fair-seeming
rule of discipline was frequently evaded. First, a church member wishing
to turn his negroes into cash, begins by making their yoke heavier, and
their life a burden. Next they are thrown in the way of decoy slaves,