The major effort of Antislavery Agents in New Hampshire, 1835-1837: Historical New Hampshire/ by John L. Myers.

Title:

The major effort of Antislavery Agents in New Hampshire, 1835-1837: Historical New Hampshire/ by John L. Myers.

Author:

Myers, John L.,

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1971.

Physical Description:

p. 3-27.

Source:

Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1971 Vol. 26, Issue 3 (Fall 1971) Historical New Hampshire

Description:

Gives detailed accounts of the travels and reception of George Storrs, David Root, Jonathan Hazelton, and David I. Robinson, agents of the American Anti-Slavery Society, who increased the number of New Hampshire antislavery societies from 42 to 70 between May 1836 and September 1837, and their membership from 2,500 to over four thousand. All but Root, a Congregational minister, were Methodist circuit riders of the New Hampshire Conference. They followed the national strategy of cultivating the backcountry, with less attention to the cities.

Subjects:

American abolitionism and antislavery.

People:

Storrs, George, 1796-1879. , Kimball, J. Horace (Joseph Horace), 1813-1838. , Root, David, 1791-1873. , Thompson, George, 1804-1878. , Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892. , Stanton, Henry B. (Henry Brewster), 1805-1887. , Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885. , Hazelton, Jonathan. , Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857.

Organizations:

New Hampshire Historical Society Periodicals History.
New Hampshire Anti-Slavery Society.
Concord Ladies Anti-Slavery Society (Concord, N.H.).
Ohio American Antislavery Society.
Young Men's Anti-Slavery Society (N.H).

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