“It exerts an influence upon the mind of the slave, prejudicial to the reception of instruction. Suppose the master himself attempt to instruct his slaves in the truths of religion—what confidence can he have in the man, who deprives him of his liberty, and robs him of his labor? I will state a case: An old slave told me, “Massa bery ’ligious—he bery good Christian. He hab prayers e’vry Sunday wid the slaves—but he sure to read ’em dat chapter what say servants be ’bedient to massa.”
RECEIPTS
INTO THE TREASURY OF THE AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY
From May 16, 1835, to June 12, 1835.
| Donations received by the Treasurer. | ||
| Amherst College, | E. C. Pritchett, | 2 50 |
| “ | H. G. Pendleton, | 2 50 |
| Boston, Mass., | M. Hayward, | 6 00 |
| “ | Rev. H. Foote, | 1 00 |
| “ | B. Kingsbury, | 5 00 |
| “ | Joshua Southwick, | 5 00 |
| “ | Wm. Loyd Garrison, | 1 50 |
| “ | Isaac Knapp, | 1 50 |
| “ | David H. Ela, | 5 00 |
| “ | Rev. S. J. May, | 1 00 |
| “ | Geo. A. Baker, | 1 00 |
| “ | H. W. Mann, | 1 00 |
| “ | David L. Child, | 3 00 |
| “ | Moses Kimball, | 3 00 |
| Providence, R. I., | Female A. S. Society, | 25 00 |
| “ | A Friend, | 0 50 |
| “ | Samuel H. Gould, | 1 00 |
| Kennebunk, Me., | Ladies and Gentlemen, | 26 00 |
| “ | Dr. B. Smart, | 1 00 |
| Hallowell, Me., | E. Dole, | 10 00 |
| “ | Robert Gardner, | 5 00 |
| Portland, “ | John Winslow, | 5 00 |
| Bangor, “ | Rev. S. L. Pomeroy, | 10 00 |
| Irville, Ohio, | Miss Lewis, | 2 00 |
| “ | Huntn. Lyman, | 1 00 |
| Catskill, N. Y., | W. H. Smith, | 1 00 |
| “ | William Adams, | 1 00 |
| Albany, N. Y., | Timothy Fassett, | 1 00 |
| “ | A. G. Alden, | 3 00 |
| New York City, | Jeremiah Wilbur, | 1 00 |
| “ | Rev. J. N. Sprague, | 1 00 |
| “ | Michael Flagg, | 2 00 |
| “ | Andrew Savage, | 1 00 |
| “ | J. N. McCrommell, | 2 00 |
| “ | James Linnon, | 1 00 |
| “ | A few Friends, | 7 00 |
| Poughkeepsie, N. Y., | S. Thompson, | 1 00 |
| Troy, N. Y., | H. Z. Hayner, | 1 00 |
| Holden, Mass., | Charles White, | 1 00 |
| York, N. Y., | Anti-Slavery Society, | 4 00 |
| Perry, N. Y., | S. F. Phoenix, | 2 45 |
| Madison, N. Y., | Rev. M. Hart, | 8 50 |
| Greenwich, Con., | Rev. J. Mann, | 10 00 |
| “ | E. Griffen, | 1 00 |
| New Haven, Con., | Dr. I. Ide, | 1 00 |
| “ | Daniel Hoyt, | 1 00 |
| Stratford, Con., | Lewis Bears, | 5 00 |
| “ | Charles H. True, | 1 00 |
| “ | Rev. J. Horton, | 1 00 |
| “ | Thomas Huntington, | 1 00 |
| Princeton, N. J., | Anthony Simmons, | 5 00 |
| “ | F. Wright, | 1 00 |
| Philadelphia, Pa., | Arnold Buffum, | 1 00 |
| “ | W. H. Scott, | 1 00 |
| “ | Anti-Slavery So., | 50 00 |
| Ferrisburg, Vt., | Mary D. Bird, | 1 87 |
| New York, | Henry Green, on $10 subscription, | 5 00 |
| New York, | J. Rankin, for June subscription, | 100 00 |
| New York, | William Green, for May and June, | 166 66 |
| Mass., | Anti-Slavery Society, | 500 00 |
| New York, A subscription made in Chatham-st. Chapel one year ago, | 1 00 | |
| Philadelphia, Pa., | Ladies A. S. S., | 10 00 |
| Flushing, L. I., | L. Van Bokkelin, | 2 00 |
| Providence, R. I., | Juvenile A. S. S., | 30 00 |
| Total, | $1059 98 | |
| New York, June 12, 1835. | ||
| John Rankin, Treasurer, | ||
| No. 8 Cedar St. | ||
| Monthly Collections received by PublishingAgent from May 12 to June 12, 1835. | ||
| Albany, N. Y., | Mrs. Hester Gibbons, | 1 00 |
| Buffalo, N. Y., | by E. A. Marsh, | 11 50 |
| Brooklyn, Con., | by Rev. S. J. May, | 11 13 |
| Brighton, N. Y., | by Dr. W. W. Reid, | 2 00 |
| Carlisle, Pa., | by H. Duffield, | 5 00 |
| Catskill, N. Y., | Robert Jackson, | 3 00 |
| Dover, N. H., | by William H. Alden, | 20 00 |
| Dunbarton, N. H., | 5 00 | |
| Darien, Con., | 1 38 | |
| East Rutland, Vt., | Dea. S. Cotting, | 63 |
| Farmington, N. Y., | by Wm. R. Smith, | 6 25 |
| Ferrisburgh, Vt., | by R. T. Robinson, | 4 00 |
| Hudson, O., | by F. W. Upson, | 5 00 |
| New Garden, O., | by William Griffith, | 5 00 |
| New York Mills, N. Y, | by Rev. L. H. Loss, | 14 00 |
| Oneida Institute, N. Y, | by Wm. J. Savage, | 24 00 |
| Plattekill, N. Y., | Rev. J. M‘Cord, | 25 |
| Philadelphia, Pa., | Ladies A. S. So., | 5 00 |
| Rochester, N. Y., | by Dr. W. W. Reid, | 25 00 |
| Springfield, N. J., | James White, | 1 00 |
| “ | Jonath. Parkhurst, | 1 00 |
| Starksboro, Vt., | Joel Battey, | 1 50 |
| Schenectady, N. Y., | by I. G. Duryee, | 6 00 |
| Whitesboro, N. Y., | by T. Beebee, | 10 00 |
| Records sold at office. | 66 35 | |
| Books and Pamphlets sold at office. | 645 68 | |
| Total. | $880 65 | |
| R. G. Williams, | ||
| Publishing Agent Am. A. S. S. | ||
| 144 Nassau St. | ||
| Total Receipts. | $1940 63 | |
Transcriber’s Note
This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated below. Misspelled words were not corrected.
The page number in the caption to the illustration on the title page refers to an earlier issue.
Footnotes were numbered sequentially and moved to the end of the section in which the anchor occurs. Obvious printing errors, such as backwards, upside down, or partially printed letters, were corrected. An open quote was changed from single to double in the blockquote; unprinted commas in the lists of receipts were added for consistency.