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HAMILTON, Ohio in the 1840s: 1 through 4 of 4

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  1. A Former Slaveholder Finds Justification Through Religion
    date February 12, 1840map HAMILTON, Ohiotags Religion, Slavery, Abolition

    In the 1830s a young South Carolina preacher and slaveholder delivered a sermon that justified the institution of slavery in America within the realms of Christianity.  Years later, a reverend in Cincinnati gave a sermon about his endeavor to find proof of the injustices of slavery and the rightful backing of abolitionism through Christianity.  Both of these preachers were able to find justification...

  2. Planter William Brisbane Becomes an Abolitionist
    date 1840map HAMILTON, Ohiotags Slavery, Religion

    W.H. Brisbane was a respected planter living outside of Charleston, South Carolina.  Upon inheritance of the family plantation and slaves, he reaped the benefits of great land and free labor.  Much like any other South Carolinian at the time, W.H. Brisbane bought into the beliefs of slavery being supported by the Bible.  He even wrote his own articles in the local newspaper about how slavery was...

  3. Runaway Slaves in Ohio
    date January 8, 1845map HAMILTON, Ohiotags Slavery, fugitive slave

    More often than not, Ohio citizens showed no signs of guilt for the part they played in helping fugitive slaves. A Cincinnati newspaper editor bristled at the suggestion that his fellow Ohioans had deliberately committed crimes. "We have seen no evidence of it," he wrote in 1845. "We are not aware that any of them entered the slave States for the sake of helping off slaves. Being in those states, they...

  4. Joseph Mersman: Diary of a Whiskey Merchant
    date November 8, 1847 to September 25, 1864map HAMILTON, Ohiotags Diary, Whiskey, Merchant

    During the rise of the middle class during 19th century America, there are few direct portals into what the life of a working citizen was like. However, there are a few. One such book is the diary of a German immigrant who worked as a whiskey merchant in Cincinnati and St. Louis. Joseph Mersman born in a little village in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg in 1824, immigrated to the United States with his...