2 10 42 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Meetings and Events Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Philadelphia Free Produce Association of Friends Description An account of the resource Selections.<xsl-text></xsl-text> THE PHILADELPHIA FREE PRODUCE ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS. AT the meeting of this Association [which we copy from the <xsl-text></xsl-text>Friends’ Review<xsl-text></xsl-text>], held the 20th ult., the following report from the Board of Managers was read and approved. The Board of Managers of the Philadelphia Free Produce Association of Friends, report: That, during the past year, the members of the Board have frequently met and given their attention to the subjects connected with the design of their Association; but, in consequence of the arrangement with our friend George W. Taylor, which has existed for two or three years past, the principal labour, both in relation to the manufacture of cotton goods, and a supply of groceries, has devolved upon him. His report, herewith submitted, will furnish a view of the state of the concern in regard to supply and demand. And here we may remark, without any disposition to cast unkind reflections upon others who do not take the same view upon this subject, which we have been induced to embrace, that we cannot do otherwise than regret the want of an active and cordial support, on the part of many members of our Society, of the effort thus made to supply consumers with the products of tropical climates, unstained by oppression and cruelty. While Friends, wherever located, and however circumstanced, without exception profess, and no doubt profess with sincerity, an unwavering conviction of the injustice and iniquity of the whole system of Slavery; and while none can deny that the entire burden of this fabric of violence and wrong is supported by the market for the produce of servile toil, still we do not find the active and decided preference to the productions of free labour, which the nature of the case, and the declared opinions of Friends in general, would lead us to expect. If Friends in general could be induced to supply themselves, whenever it can be done, with the products of the free labour, to the exclusion of those which are extorted from the drudgery of slaves, we can readily perceive that the increased demand thus created, would greatly facilitate the supplying of free goods, and reduce their cost to the level of those of a servile origin. With equal advantages and facilities in regard to supply and demand, free-labour can readily compete with that of Slavery. But while the mass of consumers purchase, without distinction, whatever can be found in the market, irrespective of the medium through which it is received, some enhancement of price must attend the production and transit from the producer to the consumer of those articles which are untouched by servile hands. At the same time, we have unquestionable and sorrowful evidence that the advocates of Slavery have not, in any degree, relaxed their efforts to perpetuate, and to extend into regions hitherto free, the oppressive, impolitic, and demoralizing system of Slavery. The attempts, now making, to introduce the system into California—the recent legislation in some of the States in relation to the coloured race—the effort, during the present session of the Pennsylvania Legislature, to procure an enactment excluding them from settling in the State, calculated, as it evidently was, to facilitate the capture of real or suspected fugitives from labour—the actual repeal of one section of the law to prevent kidnapping, which was passed in 1847 with almost unprecedented unanimity—and the manner in which the support of an oppressive and disgraceful law has been interwoven into the question of the Presidential election, as well as the subserviency to a slaveholding influence which has been manifested by aspirants to political distinction, may well awaken the anxiety of those who believe that it is righteousness that exalteth a nation, and that sin is not only a disgrace, but a certain precursor of calamity to any people. These circumstances evidently call for the exertion of such influence as we possess, to stem the tide of corruption which Slavery is pouring upon us. We have, however, the consolation to believe that the attention of many of the philanthropists of Europe has been unceasingly directed to this branch of the subject—the encouragement of free-labour—and the supply of tropical products by means not dependant upon servile toil. The new settlements on the African coast seem likely to bring various articles of tropical growth, produced entirely by the industry of free men, into successful competition with the products of American Slavery. The experiments recently made upon flax, as a substitute for cotton, furnish ground for a reasonable hope, that the time is not very remote when the products of the North may rival those of the South, in furnishing a cheap and comfortable article of domestic economy. Although the efforts of this Association have not been productive of any very obvious results, we may take encouragement from the signs of the times, and a thorough conviction of the goodness of our cause, to entertain a humble, yet confiding, hope that they may compose one of those little rills which, widening and deepening with the progress of time, and joining with homogenial streamlets, will at length (probably after we shall all have been gathered to the house appointed for all living) compose a river which shall sweep away this mighty fabric, which now stands a frowning monument of the barbarism of ages that are past, and of the blindness and cupidity of the period in which we live. On behalf of the Managers, SAMUEL RHOADES, Secretary of the Board. <xsl-text></xsl-text>Philadelphia, Fourth month <xsl-text></xsl-text>20 <xsl-text></xsl-text>th <xsl-text></xsl-text>, 1852. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived National Anti-Slavery Standard Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6.3.1852 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Samuel Rhoades / Rhoads Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Meetings and Events Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Anti-Slavery Soiree Description An account of the resource A most interesting <xsl-text></xsl-text>Anti-Slavery Soiree <xsl-text></xsl-text>was held on the evening of the 28th ult., in the School-room, of Lever-street Chapel, Manchester. There was a numerous attendance of Friends of the Cause. After tea, the chair was taken by the Rev. A. Gilbert, who made an effective speech; alter which, Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON delivered a long and eloquent address, in which to grasped, with a master-hand, the subject of Cotton in India; defined the position of the Pro-Slavery Churches of America; and showed what the Abolitionists of this country could do, both by moral and commercial agencies, to effect the overthrow of Slavery At Mr. Thompson's request, questions were put to him by persons who wished to obtain information on any particular portion of the general subject, and his replies gave much satisfaction, and elicited enthusiastic applause. The questions related to the expense of free-labor, compared with slave-labor; the dangers of immediate emancipation: the practicability of forming a Company to work plantations in India; the character and results of the Fugitive Slave Law, and the reason why America has abolished the African Slave Trade. Mr. Josias Brown, (of the Free-labor warehouse,) and the Rev. A. Weston, then addressed the meeting. Mr. F.W. Chesson proposed, and John Kirkham, Esq., seconded a vote of thanks to Mr. Thompson, which was carried by acclamation; after which, the proceedings terminated. Mr. Clegg kindly sent some specimens of African Cotton; a view of the first Cotton-cleaning Establishment at Abbea Ruta; and a native loom, with apparatus, &, complete for spinning:—for the inspection of the Friends.— <xsl-text></xsl-text>Ibid.<xsl-text></xsl-text> MR. GEORGE THOMPSON'S LECTURES.—We are glad to announce that Mr. Thompson will deliver a course of lectures in Manchester, on the Slavery Question. He will lecture in Rockdale on the 7th of December. Several influential gentlemen of that town have formed themselves into a local committee. Arrangements are being made for Mr. Thompson to deliver lectures in Bury, Heywood, and other important places in the manufacturing districts. We have great gratification in announcing that the Friends, with their accustomed liberality, have given the use of their large meeting-house for Mr. Thompson's forthcoming Lectures. We hope, and believe, that it will to crowded on each occasion.— <xsl-text></xsl-text>Ibid. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Liberator Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12.23.1853 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Meetings and Events Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Salem Anti-Slavery Fair Description An account of the resource The manner in which the Fair is to be conducted in Salem, as advertised below, will commend it to the approbation and patronage of all classes. May the sale of the articles be in proportion to the claims of that cause to which the proceeds are to be applied!—Then not a single article will remain unsold. <sec-title>SALEM ANTI-SLAVERY FAIR.</sec-title> The Salem Female Anti-Slavery Society respectfully give notice that their annual sale will be held at the Masonic Hall in Washington Street, (very near the eastern rail road depot,) to commence on Christmas afternoon, at 2 o'clock, and continue through the succeeding day and evening. The friends of emancipation, generally, are cordially invited to be present. No labor or sacrifice will be spared to render this sale rich, elegant, and in every way worthy of patronage. An extensive variety of useful articles will be offered, embracing almost every small article of gentlemen's, ladies', and children's wear and use. Anti-Slavery books, shells, flowers, and dolls, very splendid, some in fashionable, and others in rich, friendly attire. Rug work. Among the great variety of ornamental articles, will be found many ingenious exhibitions of slavery, in its most unkindly and touching aspects. Anti-Slavery devices and mottos of every description, in velvet embroidery, silk, bead and rug work—some articles very splendid. The refreshment stand will be found to contain every article of common, and many of rich and rare, fruit and confectionary; (free labor.) As the Society proposes to hold this fair annually, until emancipation, diligent care will be taken to secure the favorable notice of the community. The useful articles will be thoroughly made,—indifferent needle-work being suppressed. The lavishness and extravagant usages which have been practised and encouraged in some instances in fairs for benevolent purposes, will be strictly avoided. The articles will never exceed, and in some cases will fall much below the usual cost. Change will be accurately returned. The funds will be promptly appropriated to the Anti-slavery cause. In what specific manner, has not yet been considered. In behalf of the Committee, L.L. DODGE, Secretary. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Liberator Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12.21.1838 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource L.L. Dodge Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Meetings and Events Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Ladies' Fair Description An account of the resource The proposed Anti-Slavery Fair was held on Thursday, the 22d of December. The choice of that day was accidental; but it was a pleasant and appropriate manner of celebrating the Anniversary of the Pilgrims. The convenient and well-lighted hall called the Artist's Gallery, was duly prepared for our reception, and we had not the slightest reason to complain of reluctance or want of courtesy on the part of the proprietor. The Hall was filled with visitors at an early hour, and continued full until late in the evening. Very many of these were not abolitionists, but belonged to a large and increasing class of the community, who have been strongly abolitionized by Anti-Slavery efforts. Not a few of the wives and daughters of 'gentlemen of property and standing' were among the purchasers. A piece of the old oak of the Constitution was offered for sale; and we regretted that we had not placed beside it the relics of the Anti-Slavery Sign, destroyed by a Patrician Mob in 1834. Around the Hall was placed in large letters the motto: 'On this day did our FATHERS land on the ROCK OF FREEDOM; let us stand firmly on this Rock.' The cake-table was loaded with varieties of cake, made of sugar not manufactured by slaves, and near it was placed the motto, FREE LABOR, One of our friends sent a jar of deliciously fresh Grapes, and a dozen Pomegranites, accompanied by a very pleasant note, expressing the hope that 'the enslaved children of Africa might soon be enabled to sit under their own vine and fig-tree, with none to molest or make them afraid.' There was great variety in the articles, and many of them were very handsome and tasteful. The ladies have ever regarded the pecuniary benefit derived from these sales as but one of several reasons in their favor. The main object is to keep the subject before the public eye, and by every innocent expedient to promote perpetual discussion. We wish to bring Truth and Falsehood in continual juxtaposition, for we know full well that 'truth never came off the worse in a fair and open encounter.' To promote this favorite object, various mottoes and devices were stamped upon the articles offered for sale. Bunches of quills bore the label, 'Twenty-five Weapons for Abolitionists.' On the wafer-boxes was written, 'The doom of Slavery is sealed.' On one side of the pen-wipers was inscribed, 'Wipe out the blot of Slavery;' on the other, 'Plead the cause with thy Pen.' On some needle-books was printed, 'May the use of our needles prick the consciences of slaveholders;' others were made in the form of small shoes, and on the soles was written, 'Trample not on the Oppressed.' Some watch-cases bore the inscription, 'The political economist counts time by years, the suffering slave reckons it by minutes;' on others was written, 'The greatest friend of Truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice.' Small silken bags of perfume, for bureau drawers, bore the motto, 'The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.' The iron-holders were marked, 'Anti-Slave-Holders.' Small hearts cut from a knot of white oak were called, 'Hearts of Oak for Abolitionists.' A cradle-quilt was made of patch-work in small stars; and on the central star was written with indelible ink; 'Mother! when around your child You clasp your arms in love, And when with grateful joy you raise Your eyes to God above— Think of the negro-mother, When her child is torn away— Sold for a little slave— oh, then, For that poor mother pray!' Ornamental stands for alumets, to light candles, bore the motto, 'LIGHT, whether material or moral, is the best of all Reformers.' Book-marks of various colored ribbons were printed with sentences similar to the following: 'Speak the Truth in Love;' 'Remember those in Bonds.' There were some very handsome Contribution-boxes, of bronzed copper: they were surmounted by a kneeling slave; on one side was the open Bible, and the rays that emanated from it were melting the links of a chain; on the other side was inscribed the motto, 'God loveth a cheerful giver.' The candy, and various other articles of confectionary for children, were wrapped in paper, on which were printed the following verses: Come, little ones! for the sweets ye see, Were made by the labor of the FREE; And freely to-day ye may partake, Even for the toil-worn bondman's sake! For the price you pay perchance may save From the cruel scourge some tortured slave:— (Your friends will explain how a single cent May cause the steeled heart to relent.) And year after year, as Christmas comes, With its papers of pleasant sugar-plums, Ever be careful to enquire Respecting the fact of the LABORER'S HIRE. Work-bags were manufactured in commemoration of little Med's case, decided by Judge Shaw, in a manner so honorable to himself and his country. On one side was the representation of a Slave kneeling before the figure of Justice; underneath, these sentences were printed in golden letters: 'Slavery was abolished in Massachusetts, by the adoption of the Bill of Rights as a part of the Constitution, A.D. 1780.' Slavery says of this law, 'Lo, 'tis cold and dead, and will not harm me.' Anti-Slavery replies, 'But with my breath I can revive it!' Then follows, 'The adjudication on the case of a slave brought into Massachusetts from another State, fifty-six years afterward, Aug. 26, A.D. 1836.' On the other side of the bag, the Arms of Massachusetts surmount the following lines: 'Old Massachusetts yet Retains her earlier fires! Still on our hills are set The altars of our sires! Our 'fierce democracies' Have yet their strength unshorn! And giant power shall see Its Gaza-gates uptorn.' August 26, A.D. 1836, There was a small 'Thermometer of the Heart,' fastened upon a pillar of white sugar. The glass tube was filled with rose-colored spirits of wine, which rose with the warmth of the hand. The scale from freezing point upward was thus graduated: The ladies wish to return their warm acknowledgments to friends in neighboring towns, and to several gentlemen for their kind donations and active assistance. Among these gentlemen we would gratefully remember John E. Fuller, Orra Goss, and John C. Smith. DONATIONS— East Bradford, $23,75; Lynn, $50; Amesbury, $5; Bedford, $37; Hingham, $6; Andover, $13; Haverhill, $20; Reading, in money, $5; 2 Ladies from Washington, D.C., $2; South Weymouth, $7,08; Weymouth, 6,28; Juvenile Anti-Slavery Sewing Circle, $25,61; Cambridge-port, $38. The amount of money received was $550;* and the next morning the ladies paid all that remained of their pledge of one thousand dollars to the Massachusetts Society! L.M.C Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Liberator Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1.2.1837 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource L.M.C. (Lydia Maria Child) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Meetings and Events Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Liberty Bazaar, Philadelphia Description An account of the resource For the National Era. LIBERTY BAZAAR, PHILADELPHIA. Mr. BAILEY: The Liberty party ladies of Philadelphia organized themselves, about sixteen months since, as an association for raising funds by their own industry in aid and furtherance of the great anti-slavery movement. Their number was small and their resources very limited, but they were heartily in earnest, and determined to succeed. With very little assistance from the country, the products of their own labor yielded about five hundred dollars at their first sale, which was held in December, 1845. This first success, so great in proportion to their means, and the very favorable state of public sentiment which it indicated, induced immediate reorganization for the year that has just closed, and awakened zeal, industry, and hopefulness, proportioned to the cheering results of their first effort. In addition to the stock produced and collected by the association during the year, they have the pleasure of acknowledging very generous contributions from our friends in England and Ireland. A correspondence was opened early in the season with Mr. Joseph Sturge, of Birmingham, and, chiefly through his agency, a large number of towns in England and the city of Belfast in Ireland, contributed and forwarded a very large, tasteful, and valuable stock of goods for our sale, comprising, among a vast variety of elegant and useful articles, autographs of Lord Brougham, Hannah More, Mrs. Opic, Maria Edgeworth, Father Matthew, Isaac Taylor, Horace Walpole, Louis XV, Mary Howitt, and many others; among which, was the last letter written by Thomas Clarkson; a large and handsome variety of papier mache articles, made specially for our Bazaar; a rich collection of oil paintings, drawings, and superior prints; Colebrookdale castings of exquisite beauty; a large lot of china, with anti-slavery devices; free labor goods, of superior quality and beauty of fabric; splendid shawls, table covers, sofa cushions, and wax dolls; knitting, netting, and crochet work; and a very abundant supply of children's clothing. These goods, unfortunately, did not arrive until after the sale of our own collection had closed, and the holyday season had passed by, and, with it, the best opportunity for the disposal of them; but they were immediately opened, and offered for sale by the ladies of the Bazaar Committee, in a store room on Chesnut street, in the customary manner of retail merchants, and sales were, in this way, effected in a few days, amounting to about twelve hundred dollars; leaving still upon our hands a considerable balance of these goods undisposed of, but available for our next year's sale. Our entire receipts from the sales of the season exceed eighteen hundred dollars, which, when reduced by the custom-house duties and incidental expenses, will yet leave us a very handsome fund for the benevolent purposes of our organization. SARA J. ELDER, Corresponding Secretary. JANUARY 30, 1847. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The National Era Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2.25.1847 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sara J. Elder Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Meetings and Events Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Free Produce Convention, 11.15.1839 and 11.16.1839 (Meeting) Description An account of the resource BOSTON. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1839. FREE PRODUCE CONVENTION. The first annual meeting of the American Free Produce Association was held in Philadelphia on the 15th and 16th of October. More than 100 delegates and friends were in attendance. Three were present, we perceive, from Massachusetts, among whom was our much esteemed friend WM. BASSETT, who presided over the deliberations of the Convention. Letters were read from GERRIT SMITH, ALVAN STEWART, D.L. CHILD and others. The Executive Committee, in their annual report, while they lament that so little has been accomplished, express their belief 'that the cause of abstinence has taken a deeper and deeper hold on the public mind, and that the action of the friends of the cause throughout the country manifests a greatly increased interest.' Emancipation in the West Indies, and the efforts of the friends of humanity in Great Britain to enable the produce of the labor of freemen to come into competition with slave produce, are adverted to as events calculated to inspire the friends of the enterprise with hope and confidence in its success. The efforts of the committee to establish stores for the exclusive sale of free goods have not as yet met with success. They express the belief, that beneficial results would flow from the creation of a fund for the encouragement of the production of cotton by free labor, and that by the judicious application of such a fund, the quantity so raised might not only be greatly increased, but that at present produced be more effectually secured for the benefit of the conscientious consumer or manufacturer. Such a fund, they think, might be well employed in purchasing free cotton, which sometimes comes into market in larger quantities than individuals are able to purchase— in sending well qualified agents to the South to collect free cotton, which the committee know to be raised by persons, some of whose names are in their possession— and in the payment of a premium for  free labor cotton. say from five to ten per cent. where the market price of that grown by slaves. If a supply of the raw material could be obtained, there are abundant facilities for manufacturing at hand. Several proprietors of extensive cotton factories have expressed a desire to exclude slave-grown cotton from their works; preferring, at a sacrifice, to encourage the honest labor of paid freemen. A resolution, instructing the committee to raise such a fund, was adopted by the association. Among the resolutions adopted were the following: Resolved, That the exaction of labor without wages is a violation of the right of compensation, guaranteed by the Creator when he pronounced the sentence, 'in the sweat of thy face shalt thou ear bread,' and that no power inferior to that which conferred can revoke the grant. Resolved, That in the language of John C. Calhoun, 'he who earns the money, who digs it out of the earth with the sweat of his brow, has a just title to it against the universe;' that 'no one has a right to touch it with at his consent, except his government, and that only to the extent of its legitimate wants, and to take more is robbery;' that, therefore, he who deprives the slave of the fruits of his toil is a robber, and he who partakes of his plunder shares his guilt. Resolved, That we call earnestly upon those abolitionists who do not abstain from the products of slave-labor, to reflect on the glaring inconsistency of protesting against slavery as an immorality, and yet paying for its support, and that we press upon their consciences the inquiry whether thousands of slaves are not kept in bondage by <xsl-text></xsl-text>their <xsl-text></xsl-text>participation in the fruits of robbery. And, whereas a lamentable apathy on this subject extensively exists among abolitionists, therefore Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to correspond with Anti-Slavery Societies, for the purpose of inviting free discussion in respect to the duty of abolitionists in relation thereto. Henry Grew, C.C. Burleigh, and Wm. Bassett were appointed the committee. Resolved, That we hall with joy the complete emancipation of the slaves in the British West Indies, and the formation of the British India Society, as events calculated to have an important bearing on the cause of freedom generally, and on our enterprise in particular, for the prosecution of which, it will greatly increase the facilities, by bringing the productions of free labor in both Eastern and Western India into competition with those of slave labor, and thus multiplying the sources of supply of free goods. Resolved, That a delegation be appointed from this Society, to the Anti-Slavery Convention for the World, which is to be holden in London, that Summer. In accordance with the last resolution, Daniel Neal, Charles Marriot, Abraham L. Pennock, Lucretia Mott, William Basset, James Mott, Charles C. Burleigh, John G. Whittier and Sarah Pugh, were appointed to represent this Association in that Convention. The Executive Committee was authorized to fill any vacancies that may occur, and add to the delegation. Resolved, That the Corresponding Secretary be instructed to open a correspondence with the British India Society, with reference to the objects of our Association, and to assure that body of the sincere gratification with which we have heard of its formation, as well as the important assistance to our cause which we anticipate from its labors. Resolved, That for the purpose of affording information to persons desirous of avoiding slave-grown productions, the Executive Committee be directed to prepare and publish a list of the places or countries where articles, the result of remunerated labor, are raised, or whence they can be obtained, together with a list of Stores in the United States, at which free goods can be purchased. The following are the officers of the association for the ensuing year. <xsl-text></xsl-text>President. <xsl-text></xsl-text>William Bassett, of Lynn, Massachusetts. <xsl-text></xsl-text>Vice Presidents. <xsl-text></xsl-text>Thomas Hambleton, of Chester Co., Pa. Charles Marriot, of Hudson, N.Y. Lucretia Mott, of Philadelphia, William H Johnson, of Bucks Co., Pa. <xsl-text></xsl-text>Recording Secretary. <xsl-text></xsl-text>William C. Betts, of Philadelphia. <xsl-text></xsl-text>Corresponding Secretary. <xsl-text></xsl-text>Daniel L. Miller, Jr. of Philadelphia. <xsl-text></xsl-text>Treasurer. <xsl-text></xsl-text>Elizabeth T. Bunting, of Philadelphia. <xsl-text></xsl-text>Executive Committee. <xsl-text></xsl-text>Charles C. Burleigh, Caleb Clothier, Alice Eliza Hambleton, Sidney Ann Lewis, Henry Grew,Mary C. Pennock, Lydia White, Lewis C. Gunn, Samuel J. Levick, Eli Hambleton, Benjamin S. Jones,Edward M. Davis. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Liberator Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11.15.1839 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Meetings and Events Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Free Labor Convention Description An account of the resource A free labor convention assembled agreeably to adjournment, at Friends' meeting-house at Elk, in Preble co. ()., on the 17th 5th month 1842. Several interesting letters were read; especially one from I.M. Coffin, clerk of the Randolph Manufacturing Co., in N. Carolina; stating that there is much free cotton grown in that State, and offering to furnish cotton goods manufactured from such cotton at fair prices. A number of interesting resolutions were discussed and adopted. The following presents the final result of the deliberations of the convention. Resolved, That a soliciting committee be appointed to solicit contributions for the purpose of creating a fund to be loaned to such individuals, or companies, as the said committee may think suitable, at 6 per cent. per annum: to be appropriated exclusively to the purpose of supplying the Western market with free labor goods. And it shall be stipulated that the persons or companies to whom the loan shall be made, shall in no case, thereafter purchase for sale, any article of slave labor produce.  The soliciting committee shall hereafter, be elected annually at the anniversary of the Western Free Produce Association. The said committee shall, so soon as practicable after the final abolition of slavery throughout the United States, collect the funds that shall have been contributed and loaned as above, or so much thereof as may be available, and pay them over to such of the contributors, or their legal heirs, as may within one year after the abolition of slavery as aforesaid demand them, in proportion to their respective contributions. And all contributions that shall not be demanded as above said, shall be appropriated by the committee for the improvement of the condition of the colored population of the United States. On motion the following persons were appointed the soliciting committee contemplated in the foregoing resolution, viz. H.A. Way, Newton Stubbs, John A. Moorman, Asa Bales, John Shugart, Seth Hinshaw, John Lewis, Wm. Donaldson, Luther Bruen, Hugh Hillis, Thomas Hicklin, Aaron L. Benedict, Jonathan W. Macy, Charles O. Stanton, Joseph A. Dugdale, John C. McCoy, John Hansel, Dr. A. Brooke, Augustus Wattles, David Doane, Aaron Steele, jun., Dr. Munsell, Benjamin B. Davis, William Robinson, and David Jackson. On motion, Resolves, That 5 members of the soliciting committee shall be a quorum to do business until the number shall be changed by the committee itself. On motion, Resolved, That the soliciting committee be authorized to employ an agent or agents to solicit contributions to carry into effect the plan proposed in the above resolutions, and to pay them out of the funds that they may collect. They are also authorized to pay other necessary expenses in the same way. The following resolutions were then discussed and adopted. Resolved, That in all cases we will give the preference to domestic free labor, over foreign (or imported) goods; as we decidedly favor home industry. On motion,  Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Free Labor Advocate.  Western Freeman and Philanthropist. Resolved, That the Westean Free Produce Association hold its first Anniversary at Green Plain, Clark County, Ohio, on 5th day the 11th month next. WM. BEARD, President, NEWTON STUBBS, Sec'y. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Philanthropist 6:50, p. 1 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6.29.1842 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Meetings and Events Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ladies' Repository. Philanthropic and Literary. THIS DEPARTMENT IS PRINCIPALLY SUPERINTENDED BY A LADY. Description An account of the resource LADIES' FREE PRODUCE SOCIETY. We have received the November report of this society, and have now the pleasure of presenting it to our readers. We feel particular gratification in noticing the proceedings and increasing usefulness of this society, because it is a proof of how much may be effected by small means, if people wil but make the commencing effort. The first few individuals by whom this association was established, did not reason nicely on practicabilities or inconveniences--they did not coldly pity the slave, yet continue to revel in all the luxuries extracted by his sufferings, nor delay all active exertions in his favor because there was no probability of their effecting important results:--but they felt that slavery was a national and an individual crime, and they came at once to offer a sacrifice of atonement upon the altar of justice, that the stain of blood-guiltiness might be removed far from them. This faithfulness to their duty has so prospered, that they have been able to procure almost all necessary articles "uncontaminated by the taint of slavery." When will more of our sex do after this manner? Have their hearts become hard--have they lost the compassionateness of their natures, that the cry of the miserable is so strangely unattended to--or responded only by the voice of inactive lamentation? REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF "THE FEMALE ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA FOR PROMOTING THE MANUFACTURE AND USE OF FREE COTTON." In conformity with the object of their appointment, the committee have kept in view the various concerns of the association. The knitting and sewing cotton, mentioned in our last report, is now complete and for sale at John Townsend's, No. 94, Fifth above Cherry-street, where either can be had in large or small quantities to suit purchasers. We have contracted with a weaver to have a few pieces of muslin made of the cotton yarn on hand. In our last report we stated that we had contracted with a person to manufacture some into laps or batting for quilts and wadding. 170 lbs of laps and 57 lbs of wadding have come to hand. The laps we have disposed of, at cost, to James Pierce, grocer, cormer of Noble and Third streets,--who has engaged to [?] them at a small advance, And although the price will be something more than the price of a similar article made of slave cotton, it must be remembered that this is more substantial; being manufactured from clean, cotton, while the other is generally made of the fly-off or waste cotton. We have also sent information to different parts of the country that these articles can be obtained, and where they are deposited. The committee consider it a duty incumbent upon them to encourage our members, and others, as way may open, to aid this righteous cause by promoting the use and giving the preference to goods of every description which can be obtained free from slave labor. Fully believing if those who are opposed to slavery would be willing to make this sacrifice, that, (to adopt the language of a late interesting writer on the subject) "small and insignificant as the sacrifice may appear, it would give a death blow to slavery;--for when there is no longer a market for the productions of slave labor--then, and not till then, will the slaves be emancipated." Philadelphia, 11th mo. 9th, 1829. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Genius of Universal Emancipation 4:12, p. 92 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11.27.1829 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Meetings and Events Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource COLORED FREE PRODUCE SOCIETY Description An account of the resource The circumstances of a society having been organized some months since in Philadelphia, under the above title, has been mentioned before in this work. The following is the preamble to their Constitution. We should be glad to insert the articles themselves, but have not room to spare at present. This association may be considered auxiliary to the Pennsylvania Free Produce Society, the proceedings of which have been heretofore noticed. "Whereas, the Constitution of the United States expressly declares, that "all men are born free and equal," but in consequence of the superior wealth and influence of the white population, they have deemed themselves justifiable in establishing and pursuing the notorious practice of holding their colored brethren, who are the children of the same Almighty Parent, and possesed of the same feelings with themselves, mental and physical, in the most abject servitude and oppression--trafficking in their flesh, separating parent from child, husband from wife, and brother from sister, without any regard to those social and domestic enjoyments, which they themselves profess to esteem so highly: And, whereas, it is well ascertained, that self-interest will induce individuals to perform acts for which reason and humanity have long been appealed to in vain; and as every individual who uses the produce of slave labor encourages the slave-holder, becomes also a participator in his wickedness, and rivets the chains of the oppressed more firmly: And, whereas, the substituting of the produce of freemen for that of slaves, is a sure method of lessening the value of slave-labor and destroying the gains of the hardened oppressor, and will, therefore, induce him sooner or later, to restore to the oppressed those inalienable rights, of which they have been so cruelly and unjustly deprived: And, moreover, as it particularly becomes us, who are more closely allied to the sons of Africa, to use our influence to change their present degraded condition, and restore them to the rank which nature and nature's God designed they should occupy: Therefore, we, whose names are hereunto subscribed, agree to form ourselves into an association, to be called the "Colored Free Produce Society of Pennsylvania," that we may the more easily obtain and impart such information, connected with this subjct, as may promote the objects above stated: and for the furtherance of these views we adopt for our government the following Constitution." The annexed proceedings of a meeting of the association, are inserted at the request of the officers thereof. A stated meeting of the Colored, Free Produce Society, was held in Philadelphia, on the evening of the 18th of April, 1831. The meeting was honored by the presence of several of our white friends, who are members of a similar institution. The House being organized, business commenced by calling the roll, after which the quarterly contributions were taken up. The minutes of the preceeding meeting were then read by the Secretary; and the minutes of the corresponding committee were read by their Secretary. A report being presented by the corresponding committee, on motion it was read & adopted. A communication was handed in by one of our white friends:--which was also read. The meeting was then addressed, by Mr. Lundy; he stated many important things, for our encouragement; he was followed by another gentleman, with some very salutary remarks. It was, on motion, resolved, That this society appropriate ten dollars, to be added to the premium offered for Rice, raised by free labor. On motion, resolved, that the thanks of this meeting be given to those white friends, who have honored us with their presence and advice. JAMES CORNISH, Secretary. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. The committee to whom was referred the preparation of a report, relative to the proceedings of the colored Free Produce Society, respectfully state: That they have had the subject under consideration, and cannot regard it in any other light than that of the deepest interest to us--because it looks forward to the annihilation of a practice, which has long been regarded by some of the most enlightened nations in Europe, as piratical, unjust, and anti-christian, in its operations--because it deprives man of those privileges which are inseparable from his constitutional habits, for no other reason than the unalterable color of his skin. Your committee has the satisfaction to observe, that since the formation of this society, the demand and consumption of the articles of Free Produce have exceeded the most sanguine expectations of its friends; and as an evidence of this, we learn, by a statement of Mr. James L. Pierce, a gentleman who is extensively engaged in the sale of articles of Free Produce, that the sales within the last 18 months have been between five and six thousand dollars.--And so warmly have some of the members of this society entered into the spirit of the undertaking, that from 23 to 50 lbs of free sugar have been purchased at a time for family consumption.--And one of them has commenced the sale of Free Cotton articles, upon a small scale. Your committee would further mention, that they hav had repeated interviews with the members of the white Free Produce Society, from which they have drived much satisfaction and information. Your committee humbly hope that they have fulfilled the duty assigned them--and, therefore beg to be discharged. FREDERICK A. HINTON ROBT. PURVIS. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James Cornish, Frederick A. Hinton, Robert Purvis Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Genius of Universal Emancipation 2:1, p. 6 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5.1831 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Meetings and Events Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Philadelphia; 10.15.1839 (Meeting) Description An account of the resource American Free Produce Association. The first annual meeting of the American Free Produce Association will be held in Philadelphia on 15th of 10th mo. at Clarkson Hall. Societies auxilary to this are requested to send large delegations, and the friends of the cause generally are invited to attend. On behalf of the executive committee. ABM. L. PENNOCK, Chairman. DANL. L. MILLER, Jr. Secretary. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Friend; a Religious and Literary Journal 13:2, p. 12 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10.12.1839