The Martyrdom Of Abolitionist Charles Torrey

Author : E. Fuller Torrey
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807152331
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Martyrdom of Abolitionist Charles Torrey written by E. Fuller Torrey and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2013-11-06 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During his brief yet remarkable career, abolitionist Charles Torrey -- called the "father of the Underground Railroad" by his peers -- assisted almost four hundred slaves in gaining their freedom. A Yale graduate and an ordained minister, Torrey set up a well-organized route for escaped slaves traveling from Washington and Baltimore to Philadelphia and Albany. Arrested in Baltimore in 1844 for his activities, Torrey spent two years in prison before he succumbed to tuberculosis. By then, other abolitionists widely recognized and celebrated Torrey's exploits: running wagonloads of slaves northward in the night, dodging slave catchers and sheriffs, and involving members of Congress in his schemes. Nonetheless, the historiography of abolitionism has largely overlooked Torrey's fascinating and compelling story. The Martyrdom of Abolitionist Charles Torrey presents the first comprehensive biography of one of America's most dedicated abolitionists. According to author E. Fuller Torrey, a distant relative, Charles Torrey pushed the abolitionist movement to become more political and active. He helped advance the faction that challenged the leadership of William Lloyd Garrison, provoking an irreversible schism in the movement and making Torrey and Garrison bitter enemies. Torrey played an important role in the formation of the Liberty Party and in the emergence of political abolitionism. Not satisfied with the slow pace of change, he also pioneered aggressive abolitionism by personally freeing slaves, likely liberating more than any other person. In doing so, he inspired many others, including John Brown, who cited Torrey as one of his role models. E. Fuller Torrey's study not only fills a substantial gap in the history of abolitionism but restores Charles Torrey to his rightful place as one of the most dedicated and significant abolitionists in American history.

Author : Joseph Cammet Lovejoy
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Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memoir of Rev. Charles T. Torrey who Died in the Penitentiary of Maryland written by Joseph Cammet Lovejoy and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joseph Cammet Lovejoy
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781021989833
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Memoir of Rev. Charles T. Torrey written by Joseph Cammet Lovejoy and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Memoir of Rev. Charles T. Torrey is a moving tribute to a pioneering abolitionist and social reformer. Torrey, born in 1813 in Massachusetts, became a Unitarian minister and devoted his life to the cause of emancipation and the rights of the oppressed. Imprisoned multiple times for his activities on behalf of escaped slaves, Torrey died in a Maryland jail in 1846. Lovejoy's memoir, first published in 1847, provides a vivid and intimate portrait of Torrey's life and work, and remains a powerful testament to his enduring legacy. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Edmund Worth
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Total Pages : 19 pages
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Download or read book A Martyr to the Truth written by Edmund Worth and published by . This book was released on 1846* with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joseph Cammet Lovejoy
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Total Pages : 364 pages
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Download or read book Memoir of Rev. Charles T. Torrey who Died in the Penitentiary of Maryland written by Joseph Cammet Lovejoy and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Scott Shane
Publisher : Celadon Books
ISBN 13 : 1250843227
Total Pages : 238 pages
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Download or read book Flee North written by Scott Shane and published by Celadon Books. This book was released on 2023-09-19 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting account of the extraordinary abolitionist, liberator, and writer Thomas Smallwood, who bought his own freedom, led hundreds out of slavery, and named the underground railroad, from Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist, Scott Shane. Flee North tells the story for the first time of an American hero all but lost to history. Born into slavery, by the 1840s Thomas Smallwood was free, self-educated, and working as a shoemaker a short walk from the U.S. Capitol. He recruited a young white activist, Charles Torrey, and together they began to organize mass escapes from Washington, Baltimore, and surrounding counties to freedom in the north. They were racing against an implacable enemy: men like Hope Slatter, the region’s leading slave trader, part of a lucrative industry that would tear one million enslaved people from their families and sell them to the brutal cotton and sugar plantations of the deep south. Men, women, and children in imminent danger of being sold south turned to Smallwood, who risked his own freedom to battle what he called “the most inhuman system that ever blackened the pages of history.” And he documented the escapes in satirical newspaper columns, mocking the slaveholders, the slave traders and the police who worked for them. At a time when Americans are rediscovering a tragic and cruel history and struggling anew with the legacy of white supremacy, this Flee North -- the first to tell the extraordinary story of Smallwood -- offers complicated heroes, genuine villains, and a powerful narrative set in cities still plagued by shocking racial inequity today.

Author : Joseph Cammet Lovejoy
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9780530488127
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memoir of Rev. Charles T. Torrey Who Died in the Penitentiary of Maryland, Where He Was Confined for written by Joseph Cammet Lovejoy and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Joseph Cammet Lovejoy
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Author : Eliza Wigham
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Total Pages : 194 pages
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Download or read book The Anti-slavery Cause in America and Its Martyrs written by Eliza Wigham and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 426 pages
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