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Officers, Members and Supporters:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874, Peterboro, New York, large landowner, reformer, philanthropist, radical abolitionist. Supporter of the American Colonization Society (ACS). Served as a Vice President of the ACS, 1833-1836. Also supported the American Anti-Slavery Society (AASS). Served as a Vice President of the AASS, 1836-1840, 1840-1841. Vice President of the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 1840, and President, 1855-1859, of the American Abolition Society. Active in the Underground Railroad. Member of the Liberty Party. Member of the Pennsylvania Free Produce Association. Secretly supported radical abolitionist John Brown.
(Blue, 2005, pp. 19, 20, 25, 26, 32-36, 50, 53, 54, 68, 101, 102, 105, 112, 132, 170; Dumond, 1961, pp. 200, 221, 231, 295, 301, 339, 352; Filler, 1960; Friedman, 1982; Frothingham, 1876; Harrold, 1995; Mabee, 1970, pp. 37, 47, 55, 56, 71, 72, 104, 106, 131, 135, 150, 154, 156, 187-189, 195, 202, 204, 219, 220, 226, 227, 237, 239, 246, 252, 253, 258, 307, 308, 315, 320, 321, 327, 342, 346; Mitchell, 2007, pp. 5, 8, 13, 16, 22, 29, 31, 36, 112, 117-121, 137, 163, 167, 199, 224-225, 243; Rodriguez, 2007, pp. 46, 50, 51, 56, 138, 163, 206, 207, 327, 338, 452-454; Sernett, 2002, pp. 22, 36, 49-55, 122-126, 129-132, 143-146, 169, 171, 173-174, 205-206, 208-217, 219-230; Sorin, 1971, pp. 25-38, 47, 49, 52, 66, 95, 96, 102, 126, 130; Staudenraus, P. J. The African Colonization Movement, 1816-1865. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, pp. 128, 129, 165, 189-190, 201, 213, 221, 224, 225, 230-231; Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. V, pp. 583-584; Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1936, Vol. 9, Pt. 1, p. 270; American Reformers: An H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary, New York, 1985; American National Biography, Oxford University Press, New York, 2002, Vol. 20; The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. II. New York: James T. White, 1892, pp. 322-323; Harlow, Ralph Volney. Gerrit Smith: Philanthropist and Reformer. New York: Holt, 1939)
Babbit, W. D., Minnesota, Vice-President of the American Abolition Society, 1857-59
Bancroft, William W., Granville, Ohio, abolitionist, American Anti-Slavery Society, Manager, 1836-40, Vice-President of the American Abolition Society, 1858-59.
Barbour, Isaac R., New York, New York, Executive Committee of the American Abolition Society, 1855-59
Bates, Abner, Syracuse, New York, American Abolition Society, Executive Committee, 1858-59
Burdick, Alfred B., Westerly, Rhode Island, Westerly, Rhode Island, abolitionist. American Abolition Society, Vice-President, 1855-59.
Davis, Elnathan, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, abolitionist, Fitchburg, Massachusetts. American Anti-Slavery Society, Manager, 1840-1847. Executive Committee of the American Abolition Society, 1855-58.
Douglass, Frederick, 1817-1895, African American, escaped slave, author, diplomat, orator, newspaper publisher, radical abolitionist leader Rochester, New York. Published The North Star abolitionist newspaper with Martin Delany. Wrote Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas: An American Slave, in 1845. Also wrote My Bondage, My Freedom, 1855. Manager, American Anti-Slavery Society, 1848-1853. Executive Committee, 1855-58, American abolition Society.
(Dumond, 1961, pp. 331-333; Filler, 1960; Foner, 1964; Mabee, 1970; McFeely, 1991; Quarles, 1948; Rodriguez, 2007, pp. 264-265; Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. II, p. 217; Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1936; American Reformers: An H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary, New York, 1985, pp. 251-254; American National Biography, Oxford University Press, New York, 2002, Vol. 6, p. 816; The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. II. New York: James T. White, 1892, pp. 309-310; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., & Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, eds. African American National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2013, Vol. 4, p. 67).
Fee, John G., Berea, Ohio, 1816-1901, American Missionary Association, clergyman, educator, abolitionist. Founder of Berea College, Madison County, Kentucky. Vice-President, 1856-59, American Abolition Society.
(Filling, 1960, pp. 213, 222, 247, 272; Goodell, 1852, p. 492; Mabee, 1970, pp. 141, 142, 157203, 220, 228, 229, 232, 236, 238, 241, 258, 326, 339, 376; Rodriguez, 2007, pp. 166, 380; Autobiography of John G. Fee, Berea, Kentucky, 1891; Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1936, Vol. 3, Pt. 2, p. 310, Vol. 7, p. 786).
Foote, Charles C., Michigan, Vice-President of the American Abolition Society, 1856-59
Forrest, John R., Vermont, Vice-President of the American Abolition Society, 1856-58
Garnet, Henry H., 1815-1882, New York, African American, abolitionist leader, clergyman, diplomat, publisher. Executive Committee of the American Abolition Society, 1856-59. Member Liberty Party. Former fugitive slave. Published The Past and Present Condition and Destiny of the Colored Race, 1848. Publisher with William G. Allen of The National Watchman, Troy, New York, founded 1842.
(Dumond, 1961, pp. 329-333; Mabee, 1970, pp. 57, 60, 61, 62, 64, 152, 255, 273, 294, 296, 325, 337, 338; Pasternak, 1995; Rodriguez, 2007, pp. 33, 164, 192, 305-306, 329; Sernett, 2002, pp. 22, 67, 70-71, 116-117, 206, 209, 240; Sorin, 1971, pp. 89-92, 97, 113; Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. II, p. 606; Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1936, Vol. 4, Pt. 1, p. 154; American Reformers: An H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary, New York, 1985, pp. 332-333; American National Biography, Oxford University Press, New York, 2002, Vol. 8, p. 735; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., & Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, eds. African American National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2013, Vol. 4, p. 608).
Gilbert, Elias S., Iowa, Vice-President of the American Abolition Society, 1856-59
Goodell, William, 1792-1878, New York City, reformer, temperance activist, radical abolitionist. Manager, 1833-1839, and founding member of the American Anti-Slavery Society, December 1833. American Abolition Society, Corresponding Secretary, 1855-59, Executive Committee, 1855-59. Published anti-slavery newspaper, The Investigator, founded 1829 in Providence, Rhode Island; merged with the National Philanthropist the same year. Wrote Slavery and Anti-Slavery, 1852. Co-founder of the New York Anti-Slavery Society, 1833. Editor of The Emancipator, and The Friend of Man, in Utica, New York, the paper of the New York Anti-Slavery Society. Co-founded the Anti-Slavery Liberty Party in 1840. Was its nominee for President in 1852 and 1860. In 1850, edited American Jubilee, later called The Radical Abolitionist.
(Blue, 2005, pp. 19, 20, 23, 25, 32, 34, 50, 53, 54, 101; Drake, 1950, p. 177; Dumond, 1961, pp. 167, 182, 264-265, 295; Goodell, 1852; Mabee, 1970, pp. 48, 107, 187, 228, 246, 249, 252, 300, 333, 341, 387n11, 388n27; Mitchell, 2007, pp. 1, 7, 22, 29, 31, 35, 46, 63, 64, 71, 72, 162-163, 199, 225, 257n; Pease, 1965, pp. 411-417; Sorin, 1971, pp. 411-417; Van Broekhoven, 2001, pp. 30-31, 35-36, 87; Abolitionist, Vol. I, No. XII, December, 1833; Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1936, Vol. 4, Pt. 1, p. 384; American National Biography, Oxford University Press, New York, 2002, Vol. 9, p. 236).
Hamilton, Thomas, New York, New York, Recording Secretary of the American Abolition Society, 1855-59
Hudson, Timothy B., Oberlin, Ohio, Vice-President of the American Abolition Society, 1856-58
Hutchins, Isaac T., Killingly, Connecticut, American Abolition Society Executive Committee, 1855-58, Vice-President, 1858-59
Jocelyn, Simeon S., New Haven, Connecticut, New York, New York, abolitionist leader. Vice President, 1834-1835, Manager and founding member of the American Anti-Slavery Society, December 1833. Member of the Executive Committee, American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 1840-1855. Co-founded the Amistad Committee. Executive Committee of the American Abolition Society, 1855-59.
(Dumond, 1961, pp. 169, 171, 175-176; Mabee, 1970, pp. 4, 30, 31, 150, 235, 396n5; Sorin, 1971; Abolitionist, Vol. I, No. XII, December, 1833; The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. II. New York: James T. White, 1892, p. 326).
Lindenschivatz, Max, New York, New York, Executive Committee of the American Abolition Society, 1856-57
MacDonald, Alexander, New York, New York, abolitionist. American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, Executive Committee, 1849-1855. Executive Committee of the American Abolition Society, 1856-59.
McFarland, Samuel, Washington, Pennsylvania, Vice-President of the American Abolition Society, 1855-59
North, John W., Northfield, Minnesota, Vice-President of the American Abolition Society, 1855-57
Pitts, Hiram, Chicago, Illinois, New York, abolitionist leader. Vice-President of the American Abolition Society, 1856-59. (Sorin, 1971)
Pryne, Abram, Syracuse, New York, Executive Committee of the American Abolition Society, 1855-56
Ritter, Thomas, New York, New York, Executive Committee of the American Abolition Society, 1855-56
Sharpe, Hezekiah D., New York, New York, Executive Committee of the American Abolition Society, 1855-59, Auditor, 1858-59
Smith, Ithamer, Waitsfield, Vermont, Vice-President of the American Abolition Society, 1858-59
Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865, New York, New York, African American, abolitionist leader, community leader, activist. James McCune Smith was the first African American to receive a medical degree. He was also the first African American to operate a pharmacy in the U.S. He was a leader in the abolitionist American Anti-Slavery Society. In 1853, he helped organize the National Council of Colored People, with Frederick Douglass. In addition, he co-organized the Committee of Thirteen, in New York City, to aid escaped slaves through the Underground Railroad after the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act. Recording Secretary, American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 1852-1855. American Abolition Society, Executive Committee, 1855-59, Auditor, 1858-59.
(Dumond, 1961, pp. 268, 333; Mabee, 1970, p. 134; Rodriguez, 2007, p. 454; Smith, James McCune, The Destiny of the People of Color, 1841; Smith, James McCune, A Lecture on the Haitian Revolution, 1841; Sorin, 1971, p. 82; Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1936, Vol. 9, Pt. 1, p. 288; American National Biography, Oxford University Press, New York, 2002, Vol. 20, p. 216; Congressional Globe; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., & Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, eds. African American National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2013, Vol. 10, p. 345; Hinks, Peter P., & John R. McKivigan, Eds., Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition. Westport, Connecticut, Greenwood, 2007, Vol. 2, pp. 639-641).
Tappan, Arthur, 1786-1865, New York, New York, merchant, radical abolitionist leader, educator. Co-founder and president of the American Anti-Slavery Society (AASS), December 1833. Manager, 1833-1837, and Member of the Executive Committee, 1833-1840 of the AASS. President of the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 1840-1855, Member of the Executive Committee, 1840-1855. American Abolition Society, Treasurer, 1855-57, Executive Committee, 1855-57.
(Blue, 2005; Burin, 2005, pp. 84, 89; Dumond, 1961, p. 286; Filler, 1960, pp. 26, 40, 55, 58, 60-61, 63-64, 68, 84, 132, 262; Harrold, 1995; Mabee, 1970, pp. 4, 8, 9, 14-18, 21, 38-41, 44, 48, 51, 55, 71, 107, 129, 134, 151, 152, 153, 200, 234, 235, 242, 285, 293, 340; Rodriguez, 2007, pp. 42, 106, 161, 162, 163, 166, 320, 362; Sorin, 1971, pp. 73, 75, 102, 114; Abolitionist, Vol. I, No. XII, December, 1833; Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. VI, p. 33; Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1936, Vol. 9, Pt. 2, p. 209; American Reformers: An H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary, New York, 1985; American National Biography, Oxford University Press, New York, 2002, Vol. 21, p. 311; The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. II. New York: James T. White, 1892, pp. 320-321; Tappan, Lewis. Life of Arthur Tappan. New York, Hurd and Houghton: 1870; Hinks, Peter P., & John R. McKivigan, Eds., Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition. Westport, Connecticut, Greenwood, 2007, Vol. 2, pp. 671-673; Staudenraus, P. J. The African Colonization Movement, 1816-1865. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, pp. 128, 131, 161, 163-165, 189-190).
Tappan, Lewis, New York, New York, 1788-1873, New York, NY, merchant, radical abolitionist leader. Co-founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society, December 1833. Member of the Executive Committee of the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 1840-1855, Treasurer, 1840-1842, Secretary, 1842-1844, Corresponding Secretary, 1845-1846, 1848-1855. Vice-President of the American Abolition Society, 1855-59. Leader of the Philadelphia Free Produce Association. Wrote Life.
(Blue, 2005; Burin, 2005, p. 89; Dumond, 1961, pp. 159, 218, 287; Filler, 1960, pp. 26, 31, 50, 55, 61, 63, 68, 72, 94, 102, 130, 136, 138, 144, 150, 152, 158, 164, 165, 168, 174, 177, 189, 194, 210, 247, 262; Harrold, 1995; Mabee, 1970, pp. 8, 9, 13-19, 21, 24, 26, 38, 42-49, 51, 55, 58, 91, 93, 104, 105, 130, 190, 151-156, 190, 202, 219-221, 226-229, 233, 234, 251-253, 257, 334, 340, 341, 343, 344, 345; Mitchell, 2007; Rodriguez, 2007, pp. 42, 106, 161, 162, 163, 166, 174, 290, 362; Sorin, 1971, pp. 70, 93, 96, 102, 113, 114, 131; Abolitionist, Vol. I, No. XII, December, 1833; Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. VI, pp. 32-34; Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1936, Vol. 9, Pt. 2, p. 203; American Reformers: An H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary; American National Biography, Oxford University Press, New York, 2002, Vol. 21, p. 311; The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. II. New York: James T. White, 1892, p. 321; Tappan, Lewis. Life of Arthur Tappan. New York, Hurd and Houghton: 1870; Hinks, Peter P., & John R. McKivigan, Eds., Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition. Westport, Connecticut, Greenwood, 2007, Vol. 2, pp. 673-675; Wyatt-Brown, Bertram, Lewis Tappan and the Evangelical War against Slavery, 1969; Staudenraus, P. J. The African Colonization Movement, 1816-1865. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, pp. 76, 128-129, 219, 228, 230)
Warner, James, Brooklyn, New York, abolitionist. American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, Executive Committee, 1844-1855. Executive Committee of the American Abolition Society, 1856-59.
Whipple, George, Oberlin, Ohio, New York, New York, abolitionist, clergyman, educator. Secretary of the anti-slavery American Missionary Association (AMA). American Anti-Slavery Society, Manager, 1839-1840. American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, Executive Committee, 1844-1855, Treasurer, 1846-1855. Vice-President of the American Abolition Society, 1855-59. Teacher at Lane University. Professor and principal, Oberlin College. Worked in Freeman’s Bureau after the Civil War. Agent of the American Anti-Slavery Society (AASS).
(Dumond, 1961, pp. 163, 165, 185; Mabee, 1970, pp. 153, 235, 403n25; Rodriguez, 2007, p. 166).
Whiting, William E., New York, New York. American Abolition Society, Executive Committee, 1856-57, Auditor, 1856-58, Treasurer, 1857-59.
Wilde, Samuel, Brooklyn, New York, Executive Committee of the American Abolition Society, 1855-59
Worth, Daniel, North Carolina, Vice-President of the American Abolition Society, 1858-59
Members:
Case, Charles G., New York, American Abolition Society
Clark, George W., New York, American Abolition Society
Dresser, Amos, Ohio, American Abolition Society
Furman, Robert, New York, American Abolition Society
Harrington, J. C., New York, American Abolition Society
Loguen, J. W., New York, American Abolition Society
Matlack, Lucius C., New York, American Abolition Society
May, Samuel J., American Abolition Society
Stuart, Charles, American Abolition Society
Thomas, John, New York, American Abolition Society
Williams, Melauethon B., American Abolition Society
