Abolition Movement Organizational History Third Annual Report New England Anti Slavery Society 1835 Garrison
1835ref. 177521835. Garrison William Lloyd associated. Third Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the New England Anti Slavery Society 1835 an early institutional document of organized abolitionism that records the structure leadership and expanding influence of the New England Anti Slavery Society during a formative stage of the movement. Issued four years after the Society's founding in 1831 under the leadership of William Lloyd Garrison editor of The Liberator the report documents the transition from localized reform efforts to a coordinated national campaign through affiliated societies. The text situates abolition as a moral and political imperative asserting the rapid growth of antislavery sentiment and anticipating legislative abolition. Garrison and Knapp. Third Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the New England Anti Slavery Society. Boston: Garrison and Knapp 1835. First edition. Pamphlet. The report includes the Society's constitution lists of officers detailed subscription and donation records and a treasurer's report alongside rosters of life and honorary members. Named figures include William Lloyd Garrison Moses Brown Thomas Clarkson Josiah Wedgwood and William Wilberforce linking American abolitionist organizing to transatlantic reform networks. The closing statement declares "Thousands and tens of thousands of conscientious persons are already beginning to look upon slaveholding in its true light as an atrocious crime. it will have been abolished by the State legislatures" expressing confidence in the accelerating spread of antislavery conviction. Published in 1835 the same year the New England Anti Slavery Society reorganized into the Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society the report documents a critical moment of institutional consolidation and expansion within the abolitionist movement. The inclusion of financial records and membership lists provides evidence of the material and social networks sustaining reform while the ideological language reflects the shift toward immediatism that defined Garrisonian abolitionism. Later plain wrappers; light wear with clean and stable text. Overall very good condition. unknown books
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