19 10 250 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 Articles, Letters to the Editors, etc. 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 Society Description An account of the resource Perhaps the most comprehensive mode that can be adopted to destroy the growth of slavery, is by rendering slave labor valueless. How is this practicable? By purchasing the products of free labor--and those only. No conscientious man can traffic with a thief, or buy stolen goods, even though he suffer pecuniary loss by a refusal: can he then participate in a double robbery--a robbery of freedom and of the fruits of other men's labors? Better to go half clad, than wear stolen garments; better to arrest every spindle in the country, than to have our manufactories supplied with the staples of tyranny; better to subsist upon the roots of the earth, gathered by our own hands, than to feast sumptuously every day, at the unwilling expense of others. The multiplication of Free Produce Societies, in different sections of the country, is highly desirable. We need the same spirit, on this subject, that is animating the bosoms of philanthropists in regard to the overthrow of intemperance. Let similar combinations follow, and the work of emancipation is done. A few fact, respecting the operations of the Free Produce Society of Pennsylvania, during the last few months, in connexion with the Ladies' Society, have been communicated to us, which warrant a belief in the speedy triumph of the project. Twenty-five hundred and fifteen lbs. of free Upland Cotton have been spun, and a portion of it manufactured into ginghams, checks, bed-tickings, stripes, knitting and sewing cotton, and cotton hose. About 800 lbs. of yarn remain to be yet appropriated, and with some of the goods above mentioned, are at the store of J. Mott, Philadelphia, unsold. The Society has been disappointed in obtaining a supply of shirtings and calicoes, in consequence of an error in spinning the above cotton. Information has been receivd from Washington, North Carolina, that many farmers in that section of country have commenced the cultivation of Mexican cotton, without the aid of slaves. They find it well adapted to the soil, yielding a greater quantity per acre, and being of a quality superior to all other kinds, in length and fineness of staple. Many stores continue to be maintained in Philadelphia, and elsewhere, at which most articles necessary to the comfort of life may be obtained; some at as cheap a rate as slave commodities, and others at but a trifling enhancement. A new source has been opened for the obtainment of RICE. Several farmers in North Carolina, who cultivate their lands without the intervention of slave labor, have spots of ground suitable for the growth of this grain, which they occasionally occupy for that purpose. Lacking a ready market for the sale of the produce, they have needed a stimulus to more energetic exertion. We rejoice to say, that measures have been adopted for purchasing a quantity of the rice thus raised, and it is hoped that the circumstance of a new market being opened, will prove greatly encouraging to those who, in the midst of a slave-holding population, are engaged to cultivate the soil by free labor only. In no manner, it is believed, can the cause of abolition be so effectually subserved, as by bringing free into open and vigorous competition with slave labor, ON THE SOIL OF SLAVERY ITSELF. The following communication to the Society, which we are permitted to publish, will be read with interest.--G. To the Committee of the Free Produce Society. GENTLEMEN,--Agreeably to your request, I herewith present you with a statement of the amount of our prchases of free sugar and molasses, during each quarter of the present year. At the same time that we have been desirous to promote the increase of the consumption of these goods, we have used our utmost endeavors to facilitate the means of procuring them, and have left no step untried, by which we thought it likely that information respecting them might be obtained. Since our last report, we have opened a correspondence with a merchant in Porto Rico, from whom we have since received twelve hogshead of sugar, of which we have satisfactory evidence from different individuals, that it was produced by free labor. The planter, who manufactures it, is a Creole or Spaniard, who will neither keep nor hire slaves--but derives his assistance from the natives of the island. He, at present, raises about one hundred hogsheads per annum. We have lately received from the same source, ten hogsheads of molasses, of an excellent quality, and have made arrangements to obtain a regular supply of the sugar-house molasses from the city of New York, whence we also receive the lump and loaf sugar, of a superior quality. You are well aware of the great difficulty under which we have been labouring to procure free rice, of good quality, having hitherto been entirely dependant upon the East Indies, from whence the supplies are uncertain, the quality very indifferent, and the price extravagantly high. It is with much pleasure I inform you, that we have made arrangements with a respectable citizen of North Carolina, to procure for us a regular supply of the article raised by free labor in that State. He informed us that several of the farmers of that place, who had spots of land suitable for the culture of the article, had employed them for that purpose--but the quantity each one brings into the market being necessarily small, is beneath the attention of merchants, and is purchased by the citizens for their own consumption, an or about the same prices as that produced by slave labor. We expect to obtain a supply of the article in about a month or six weeks, when we shall be on a par with the consumers of the slave rice, both in quality and price, viz: five cents per lb. We have for a considerable time past, had a regular supply of smoking and chewing tobacco, and of segars manufactured from Kentucky tobacco, which was accompanied with a certificate, testifying to its having been raised by free labor--also chocolate made of the St. Domingo cocoa, and all other articles that can be obtained. Although we have been endeavouring to obtain these goods on the most advantageous terms, so as to have the prices as near to those of the slave goods as possible, we have carefully avoided having any dependance upon sources in which we did not feel the most implicit confidence. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Genius of Universal Emancipation 4:8, p. 58 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10.30.1829 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 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 Articles, Letters to the Editors, etc. 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 Lydia White of Philadelphia Subject The topic of the resource Original letter from 5.9.1831 available <a href="https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10zf53n">here</a>. Description An account of the resource Among the females who are interesting themselves in behalf of the poor slaves, LYDIA WHITE of Philadelphia, a member of the Society of Friends, deserves high commendation. She has been very zealous in procuring the manufacture of domestic goods from cotton raised by free labor, and during the past year has kept a Free Dry Goods Stores at No. 86, North Fifth-street. Those who wish to examine patterns of her goods are requested to call at this office. We have lately received a letter from her, from which we take the following extracts: 'I am glad to hear that the people of Boston and New-Hampshire are becoming uneasy with using the produce of slave slabor, which I have long had to view as the main staple of slavery. Much do I regret that we have not a fully supply and a better assortment of domestic cotton goods manufactured of the material which is cultivated by free labor; for I believe if this was the case, and stores were opened in different sections of the Union by conscientious persons, whose concern would be more to promote justice and accommodate the necessary wants of their fellow creatures, than to accumulate wealth for themselves, they would have a tendency to greatly increase the demand for the produce of remunerated labor. 'I think I may safely say, that the concern to bear a testimony against African slavery by abstinence is gaining and spreading far and wide over our country. Orders are repeatedly sent to me for free goods from different parts of several States, viz. Vermont, Rhode-Island, New-York, Ohio, Indiana, Delaware, and I think Maryland and Virginia; and frequently new customers call on me for the same from Pennsylvania and New-Jersey. 'Two days since, I purchased a small lot of free Cotton from North Carolina, which I shall endeavor to have manufactured to the best attainable advantage, in quality, variety and price. I am increasingly desirous to do what I can in this way, to encourage the conscientious in abstinence from the products of the slaves' labor: to me it seems very important for us (the advocates of liberty and justice) to be steadfast in this particular. 'When I mediate on the subject, the query arises, what avails the abundant profession of religion which is made in this day, if it do not lead us practically to bear testimony against the greatest of evils, cruelly oppressing and degrading our fellow-creatures? Surely the truth leads out of all this.' Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Liberator 1:22, p. 3 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5.28.1831 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 Advertisements 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 E. TOWNE (Advertisement) Description An account of the resource FREE LABOR PRODUCE STORE. No. 207 Fulton street, New York. E. TOWNE, Agent. A full assortment of Free Labor Groceries, and an assortment of Dry Goods, constantly on hand. Dealers and families supplied. Goods carefully packed for the country. 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 11.30.1854 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 Advertisements 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 Charles Wise's Free Labor Dry Goods Store (Advertisement) Description An account of the resource CHARLES WISE'S  FREE LABOR DRY GOODS STORE, No. 50 North Fifth st. one door Above Arch st. Philadelphia. Orders from a distance punctually attended to. Sept. 28. 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; 3.1.1839; 10.5.1838; 10.12.1838; 11.16.1838 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 Advertisements 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 and Temperance Grocery Store (Advertisement) Description An account of the resource FREE LABOR AND TEMPERANCE GROCERY STORE. THE Subscriber having commenced the above establishment at No. 161, South Sixth Street, between Pine and Lombard Sts., next door to Bethel Church, where he respectfully solicits the favors of his friends and the public generally, and hopes by strict attention to merit their patronage. Also, a constant supply of Anti-Slavery Books, Pamphlets, &c. will be kept constantly on hand and for sale. WILLIAM WHIPPER. Philadelphia, March 22. 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 3.22.1834 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 Advertisements 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 Lydia White (Advertisement) Description An account of the resource FREE LABOR DRY GOODS STORE. LYDIA WHITE, No. 42, North Fourth Street, CONTINUES to give her attention to the sale of goods exclusively, which are exempt from slave labor. She has a supply of domestic fabrics, recently manufactured from Cotton, cultivated by remunerated labor; viz. Bleached, Unbleached and colored Muslins; Canton Flannel; Table Diaper; Knitting Cotton; Cords; Apron and Furniture Check; Plaid; Bed-ticking; Wadding; Laps, &c. &c. which she has the satisfaction to offer at lower prices than has heretofore been practicable. -ALSO- India Book, Mull and Nansook Muslins; Bengals; Seersuckers; Flannels; Worsted; Irish Linens, &c. with a variety of other articles. Philadelphia, 12th mo. 1832. 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 Articles, Letters to the Editors, etc. 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 Description An account of the resource FREE LABOR. 'Touch not, taste not, handle not.' SEVERAL of our anti-slavery friends have for a long time felt desirous of making a practical application of the above positive injunction to the products of slave labor. In their behalf, we would respectfully and earnestly request all the friends of emancipation, who are willing to unite in sustaining a free labor store, to leave their names with Mr. Bacon, at the office of the New-England Anti-Slavery Society, No. 46, Washington Street, before the 1st of September next. 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 8.16.1834 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 Advertisements 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 William Grey & Co. (Advertisement) Description An account of the resource TEMPERANCE & FREE LABOR GROCERY. WILLIAM GREY & Co. have opened a store for the sale of Groceries of the above description. They have on hand Coffee, Rice, Sugar, &c., all of which they warrant free from the contamination of 'slave labor.' They respectfully invite their friends of color and others to give them a call at No. 33, Sullivan-street. New-York, August, 1833. 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 10.5.1833