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306 HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
The first movement upon record of associated action in Maryland, for
the abolition of slavery, was the organization on the 8th of September, 1789
of a society composed of a number of prominent citizens, called " The Maryland Society for promoting the abolition of slavery, and the relief of poor
negroes and others unlawfully held in bondage." They adopted the following
Constitution and By-Laws.1
" Constitution of the Maryland Society for promoting the abolition of slavery and the
relief of free negroes and others, unlawfully held in bondage.
" The present attention of Europe and America to slavery seems to constitute that
crisis in the minds of men, when the united endeavors of a few may greatly influence the
public opinion, and produce from the transient sentiment of the times, effects extensive,
lasting and useful.
" The common Father of mankind created all men free and equal, and. His great
command is, that we love our neighbor as ourselves, doing unto all men as we would
they should do unto us.
"The human race, however varied in color or intellects, are all justly entitled to
liberty; and it is the duty and the interest of nations and individuals, enjoying every
blessing of freedom, to remove this dishonor of the Christian character from amongst
them. From the fullest impression of the truth of these principles; from an earnest wish
to bear our testimony against slavery in all of its forms, to spread it abroad as far as the
sphere of our influence may extend and to afford our friendly assistance to those who
may be engaged in the same undertaking; and in the humblest hope of support from that
Being, who takes as an offering to himself what we do for each other. We, the
subscribers, have formed ourselves into ' The Maryland Society for promoting the abolition of slavery, and for the relief of free negroes and others, unlawfully held in bondage.'
George Matthews, Isaac Griest, William Wilson, John Brown (currier), Henry Wilson,
David Shields, David Brown, Joseph Williams, Philip Rogers, Enoch Levering, Joseph
Townsend, Alexander McKim, Elias Ellicott, George Carnaghan, Adam Fonerden,
George Buchanan, Elisha Tyson, Hugh Stewart, John Mitchel, James Allen, Jesse Tyson
(of Harford), William Winchester, Job Smith, John Kirgan, William Hawkins, Mones
Dorling, James Cary, John Griffith, Gerrard Hopkins, Thomas W. Griffith, Archibald
Robinson, David Emmit, Nicholas Jones, John Mason (of Harford \ John Brown (potter),
John McKim, William Trimble, Henry Payson, Jacob Eichelberger, Aquila Jones,
Leonard Harbaugh, Robert Smith, James McCannon, Moses Haslett, George Dent,
Reuben Gilder, John E. Rees, Alexander McCaskey, Amos James, John Lewis, William
Brown, John Lee (Fell's Point), James Hicks, Samuel Sterett, Robert Cornthwait,
Hezekiah Waters, William Wood, William Lynch, William Riley, Jesse Hollingsworth,
Abraham Larsch, Peter Hoffman, Zebulon Hollingsworth, James Angell, Thomas Dickson,
John Talland, John Lee, Martin Eichelberger, Stephen Wilson, Richard Lawson, Aaron
Levering, George Devilbiss, Andrew Aitken, John Killen, James Ogleby, Henry Wilson,
Sr., George Presstman, Samuel Hopkins, John Bankson, John Hayes, Thomas Buckingham, Thomas Coulson, William Goddard, John Stump (of Harford), John Deaver,
Herman Stump (Harford), Elisha Dawes, William Tilghman (E. Shore), Nathan Tyson,
Job Haines (Nottingham).
1 See Maryland Journal of December 15,1789. the Delaware society in the same year. An
This was the sixth anti-slavery society in the anti-slavery society was formed at Newport,
world. The first was formed in Philadelphia, Rhode Island, in 1789; in Connecticut, 1790;
April 14,1775 ; the second, in New York, Jan- in Virginia, 1791; in New Jersey, 1792, and one
uary 25, 1785; the third, in London, July 17, at Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland, in
1787; the fourth, in Paris, February, 1788, and 1793.—Poole, p. 50.
| Title | History of Maryland - 3 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000337 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 306 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. The first movement upon record of associated action in Maryland, for the abolition of slavery, was the organization on the 8th of September, 1789 of a society composed of a number of prominent citizens, called " The Maryland Society for promoting the abolition of slavery, and the relief of poor negroes and others unlawfully held in bondage." They adopted the following Constitution and By-Laws.1 " Constitution of the Maryland Society for promoting the abolition of slavery and the relief of free negroes and others, unlawfully held in bondage. " The present attention of Europe and America to slavery seems to constitute that crisis in the minds of men, when the united endeavors of a few may greatly influence the public opinion, and produce from the transient sentiment of the times, effects extensive, lasting and useful. " The common Father of mankind created all men free and equal, and. His great command is, that we love our neighbor as ourselves, doing unto all men as we would they should do unto us. "The human race, however varied in color or intellects, are all justly entitled to liberty; and it is the duty and the interest of nations and individuals, enjoying every blessing of freedom, to remove this dishonor of the Christian character from amongst them. From the fullest impression of the truth of these principles; from an earnest wish to bear our testimony against slavery in all of its forms, to spread it abroad as far as the sphere of our influence may extend and to afford our friendly assistance to those who may be engaged in the same undertaking; and in the humblest hope of support from that Being, who takes as an offering to himself what we do for each other. We, the subscribers, have formed ourselves into ' The Maryland Society for promoting the abolition of slavery, and for the relief of free negroes and others, unlawfully held in bondage.' George Matthews, Isaac Griest, William Wilson, John Brown (currier), Henry Wilson, David Shields, David Brown, Joseph Williams, Philip Rogers, Enoch Levering, Joseph Townsend, Alexander McKim, Elias Ellicott, George Carnaghan, Adam Fonerden, George Buchanan, Elisha Tyson, Hugh Stewart, John Mitchel, James Allen, Jesse Tyson (of Harford), William Winchester, Job Smith, John Kirgan, William Hawkins, Mones Dorling, James Cary, John Griffith, Gerrard Hopkins, Thomas W. Griffith, Archibald Robinson, David Emmit, Nicholas Jones, John Mason (of Harford \ John Brown (potter), John McKim, William Trimble, Henry Payson, Jacob Eichelberger, Aquila Jones, Leonard Harbaugh, Robert Smith, James McCannon, Moses Haslett, George Dent, Reuben Gilder, John E. Rees, Alexander McCaskey, Amos James, John Lewis, William Brown, John Lee (Fell's Point), James Hicks, Samuel Sterett, Robert Cornthwait, Hezekiah Waters, William Wood, William Lynch, William Riley, Jesse Hollingsworth, Abraham Larsch, Peter Hoffman, Zebulon Hollingsworth, James Angell, Thomas Dickson, John Talland, John Lee, Martin Eichelberger, Stephen Wilson, Richard Lawson, Aaron Levering, George Devilbiss, Andrew Aitken, John Killen, James Ogleby, Henry Wilson, Sr., George Presstman, Samuel Hopkins, John Bankson, John Hayes, Thomas Buckingham, Thomas Coulson, William Goddard, John Stump (of Harford), John Deaver, Herman Stump (Harford), Elisha Dawes, William Tilghman (E. Shore), Nathan Tyson, Job Haines (Nottingham). 1 See Maryland Journal of December 15,1789. the Delaware society in the same year. An This was the sixth anti-slavery society in the anti-slavery society was formed at Newport, world. The first was formed in Philadelphia, Rhode Island, in 1789; in Connecticut, 1790; April 14,1775 ; the second, in New York, Jan- in Virginia, 1791; in New Jersey, 1792, and one uary 25, 1785; the third, in London, July 17, at Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland, in 1787; the fourth, in Paris, February, 1788, and 1793.—Poole, p. 50. |
