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  1. Abolition Crew
    date June 6, 1855map LEON, Floridatags Crime/Violence, Government, Politics, Slavery

    Nine year-old Susan Bradford Eppes was worried about her father. On the eve of the family's journey to visit relatives in Tennessee an abolition crew had invaded the Eppes's plantation. According to Fannie, Susan's older sister, some white men, who had no business about the place, had come in the night and hidden away. Susan wanted to know more but Fannie refused to say anything else about that night....

  2. Abolition Crew
    date June 6, 1855map LEON, Floridatags Crime/Violence, Government, Politics, Slavery

    Nine year-old Susan Bradford Eppes was worried about her father. On the eve of the family's journey to visit relatives in Tennessee an abolition crew had invaded the Eppes's plantation. According to Fannie, Susan's older sister, some white men, who had no business about the place, had come in the night and hidden away. Susan wanted to know more but Fannie refused to say anything else about that night....

  3. Bishop Whipple's thoughts on politics
    date April 30, 1844map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Government, Politics, Race-Relations, Slavery, War

    Traveling from Baltimore, Bishop Whipple arrived in the capital on the morning of April 30, 1844. He had always desired to see the city. The city was the object of greatest curiosity, fascinating the Bishop with its rich history. He stood in awe before a portrait of George Washington. The Declaration of Independence proved to be a most impressive scene, the picture fills every American heart with American...

  4. 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...

  5. 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...