1861 FUGITIVE SLAVES. No Compromise with the South on the Issue of Fugitive Slavery. Missionary He discusses a work he

He discusses a work he is writing

One of the most significant texts of the earliest days of William Wilberforce's efforts to end slavery

I am as tender almost as a child

this is a rather rare early American edition of Gillies' life

one of Boston’s most prominent and respected business men and a strong supporter of the Union during the Civil War and the cause of the slaves

1861 FUGITIVE SLAVES. No Compromise with the South on the Issue of Fugitive Slavery. Missionary He discusses a work heIn 1860, a Bill was introduced before the Ohio Legislature to attempt to pressure to Ohioans to cease harboring and aiding fugitive slaves. Hitchcock is outraged and incensed. "Have we not done enough? . . . Must we pass additional [laws] . . . ? Laws which, if carried out in their spirit would inflict severe penalties upon that person who should give a cup of water, a bit of bread, or bestow a blanket upon the poor, shivering, hunted fugitive?"