Comments on: Abolitionism

By: Nancy Plain

Nancy Plain — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 21:23:59 +0000

Dear Dr. Newman,
I am currently researching the Underground Railroad and the life of William Still. I am confused about the differences between the PAS, the PASS, and the PAAS. So far, I have not been able even to find the full name of the PAAS. Would you kindly tell me the full name of the PAAS and point me in the right direction for learning about the origins and characteristics of each of the above-named societies?
Thanking you, in advance, for your time and consideration.
Best regards,
Nancy Plain
http://www.nancyplain.com

By: Robert Hinton

Robert Hinton — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 21:23:48 +0000

I am looking for any information about Frederick Augustus Hinton, black abolitionist active in the early Nineteenth Century, in Philadelphia. He is frequently referred to in passing but I can’t find anything ABOUT him. He is said to have been born in Wake County, North Carolina and that he announced his marriage in The Raleigh Register. I am assuming that he belongs to my tribe but I am hoping to connect him more specifically.

I am writing “Mingo Creek: Slave and Master in Wake County, North Carolina, 1739-1890.”

By: This Week in History - Lincoln, Sumter, Massacre, and the Vote - This Cruel War

This Week in History - Lincoln, Sumter, Massacre, and the Vote - This Cruel War — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 10:01:56 +0000

[…] 1775 North America’s First Abolition Society Founded The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage was the lengthy name of America’s first anti-slavery organization. Founded at the Rising Sun Tavern in Philadelphia, its original purpose was to aide “free negroes” illegally held as slaves. They did what they could to find jobs for free blacks (and escaped slaves). In the 1780s, it changed its focus to pure anti-slavery, even electing Benjamin Franklin as its president. The early days also saw Thomas Paine as one of the founding members. A bit more can be learned here. […]

By: Michele Sullivan, PhD

Michele Sullivan, PhD — Sat, 06 Jul 2013 18:43:43 +0000

Dear Dr. Newman,
Thank you ever so much for your article. I have been extremely interested in researching info. that’s
available about Black Abolitionists. I’ve recently read the URR Resources in the US, Sept 2000, US Register, history and education ” The independent black churches in the north became the center of abolitionist and URR railway activity”, p. 19 and Quakers and antislavery people in the border states and in the North aided some slaves…however, their assistance has been vastly exaggerated…” and”The more valuable aid given to escaping slaves was by free Negroes and fellow slaves.”(p. 18)

Would you kindly refer me to a few books or references that support this?
I appreciate your wise counsel.
Michele Sullivan, PhD