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May 1836
This memorial is directed at the resolutions put forth by Newport Representative Benjamin Hazard. Th…
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July 16th, 1838
A petition from the Kent County Young Men’s Antislavery Society signed by over 120 individuals and g…
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March 19th, 1836
Two-page broadsheet entitled "A Call to the New England Anti-Slavery Convention" and a sin…
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1839
A satire on enforcement of the "gag-rule" in the House of Representatives, prohibiting dis…
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1836
A petition from the Southern slave state of Mississippi demanding the Northern states ban dissentiou…
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1835
Petitions and resolutions from the Southern slave states of Georgia and Kentucky demanding the North…
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February 3rd, 1836
Petition signed by 32 residents of Providence demanding the Rhode Island General Assembly pass acts…
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July 2nd, 1836
"To the People of Rhode Island." The Liberator, 2 July 1836, p. 2. Published by William Ll…
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1833
Cardboard coin collection box produced by the Rhode Island Anti-Slavery Society. The top has a slot…
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February 1st, 2023
Video interview with Dr. James Oakes on the Gag Rule of 1836. This interview was conducted by Dr. Er…
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January 1837
Two petitions from early January 1837, signed by over 50 citizens of Rhode Island, ask members of th…
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February 10th, 1836
Report of the Select Committee to the Rhode Island General Assembly on February 10, 1836. Authored b…
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1836
A broadside condemning the sale and keeping of slaves in the District of Columbia. Published by the…
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![Southern ideas of liberty. New method of assorting the mail, as practised by southern slave-holders, or attack on the post office, Charleston, S.C. [graphic].](http://pc.i8.dgicloud.com/_flysystem/repo-service/styles/solr_grid_thumbnail/repo-service/2023-05/25370-Thumbnail%20Image.jpg.jpeg?itok=QYvl_H8T "Southern ideas of liberty. New method of assorting the mail, as practised by southern slave-holders, or attack on the post office, Charleston, S.C. [graphic].")
1835
Print portraying the violent suppression of Southern abolitionism. Depicts a riotous mob around a g…
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October 21st, 1835
Anti-abolition print celebrating the 1835 attack on William Lloyd Garrison in Boston by "gent…
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January 29th, 2023
A Note for Students and Teachers: This overview essay should be read before embarking on projects de…
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March 2023
Bibliography of books and articles on The Gag Rule of 1836. Compiled by Erik J. Chaput and Russell J…
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June 1836
Public notice of the memorial and the roll call vote of the Newport Town Meeting on June 22, 1836. R…