Document 3.11.5: New England Anti-Slavery Almanac for 1841; “Things for the Abolitionist to Do”

Things for the Abolitionist to do:

  1. Speak for the slave: Plead his cause everywhere, and may everybody feel that you are in earnest…
  2. Write for the slave: Do you take a religious paper?  Write a short article for it, a fact, and argument, an appeal…
  3. Petition for the slave: Begin at once to circulate petitions for the immediate abolition of slavery…
  4. Work for the slave: Distribute anti-slavery publications, circulate them in your neighborhood, take them with you on journeys…

Work for the free people of color: See that your schools are open to their children and that they enjoy in every respect all the rights to which as human beings they are entitled.

New England Anti-Slavery Almanac for 1841; “Things for the Abolitionist to Do”