This cardboard coin collection box was produced by the Rhode Island Anti-Slavery Society. The Society was organized in 1833 and active through the 1850s. The box has a tableau on the front of an enslaved person in chains on his knees surrounded by implements of bondage. Help us transcribe this box showing the important work done by the Abolition societies.
This cardboard coin collection box was produced by the Rhode Island Anti-Slavery Society. The Society was organized in 1833 and active through the 1850s. The box has a tableau on the front of an enslaved person in chains on his knees surrounded by implements of bondage. Help us transcribe this box showing the important work done by the Abolition societies.
More: In June 1831, William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879) established The Liberator. In the first issue of The Liberator{/i> he stated his views on slavery vehemently: “I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation.… I am in earnest—I will not equivocate—I will not excuse—I will not retreat a single inch—AND I WILL BE HEARD.” Through The Liberator, which circulated widely both in England and the United States, Garrison was known as the most radical American antislavery advocate. In 1832, he founded the New England Anti-Slavery Society, and in 1833, he helped organize the American Anti-Slavery Society. In December 1865 he published the last issue of The Liberator and announced that “my vocation as an abolitionist is ended.” After he closed The Liberator, Garrison took up the cause of temperance, women’s rights, pacifism, and free trade.