what the center, we have is the emblem of newspaper produced by william lloyd garrison, and known as the linerator, william lloyd garrison's newspaper, which we so e an example of here was controversial that the south put a bounty on him for $5,000 you would kill him. of course, we have harriet, the uncle tom's cabin, an interesting fact is that she didn't write it. she took dictation, and here we a firsty have a copy of edition of uncle tom's cabin, the liberator newspaper, which was a newspaper that was imprinted years, for the the sole purpose of trying to - of the ing the move abolitionist movement. and then, of course, you will brown, image of john and, of course, fredrik douglas, and we have the first edition works of the biography douglas as well. behind you, one of my favourite artefacts is down here in the of the case, and it's known - it's a rival. as the beatrice bible. statalked about marriott stow, her father was a pollutionist as well -- ablutionist. put them in ifles, a case and ship to kansas in the support of the abolitionist movement. this is not an exact quote but c

center, we have the emblem of a newspaper that was produced by william lloyd garrison and is known as the liberator. william lloyd garrison's newspaper was so controversial that the south had put a bounty on him for $5,000 if you would kill him. we also have harriet beecher stowe who is the author of uncle tom's cabin. an interesting fact of harriet beecher stowe is that she did not write it but she took dictation. here we have a copy of the first edition of uncle tom's cabin as well as the liberator newspaper, which was a newspaper that was imprinted for 25 years for the supporting the move of the abolitionist movement. of course, we will see the image of john brown and frederick douglass and we have the first edition works of the biography of frederick douglass as well. behind you, one of my favorite artifacts is down here in the bottom of the case. it is a rifle, it is known as the beecher's bible. we talked about harriet beecher stowe. beecher was ary staunch abolitionist as well. he took these rifles and he put and would shipte them to kansas in support of the abolitionist moveme

in the center we have the emblem of a newspaper that was produce by william lloyd garrison known as liberator. the controversial south had a bounty on him. have the author of uncle tom's cabin. tookidn't write it but she -- we have a copy of a first edition of uncle tom's cabin, as well as the liberator newspaper, which was a newspaper in printed for 25 years for the sole support therying to move of the abolitionist movement. andwill see john brown frederick douglass. behind you, one of my very favorite artifacts is here in the very bottom of the case. it is known as the beecher's bible. her father henry beecher was a staunch abolitionist as well. it put them into crates and ship them to kansas. this isn't an exact quotes but close to it. if he can't convince the slaveowners that the enslavement of the african people was wrong, perhaps he can convince him by looking down the barrel of a rifle. he marked them as bibles so he would be suspicious as they were transported. >> they also talk about the bibleion of the american society, which today is still the largest in the world. the american bib

when the country's leading abolitionist, william lloyd garrison, learned of these laws, he exclaimed, oh, most detestable and bloody state, thy offense is rank and smells to heaven. in contrast, lincoln did not object to these laws. instead, as lincoln gained election as a whig to the illinois state legislature in 1834, he supported the american colonization society's program of very graduate abolition of slavery combined with sending former slaves to africa, supposedly for their own good as well as that of white workers. during the 1840s, major national issues related to slavery included annexation of texas and war against mexico. abolitionists opposed annexation of slaveholding texas. but lincoln declared that he had never been much interested in the issue. in a similar manner, lincoln during his term in congress from march 1847 to may 1849 expressed views regarding the mexican war that were far more moderate than abolitionists. lincoln denied that the war had been originated for the purpose of extending slavery. abolitionists said it was a slaveholder's plot to expand slavery. linc

when the country's leading abolitionist william lloyd garrison learned of these laws he exclaimed, oh, most accessible and bloody state. thy offense is right and smells to heaven. lincoln did not object to these laws. gained, as lincoln election as a whig to the state legislature he supported the american colonization society's program of gradual abolition of slavery combined with sending former slaves to africa. supposedly for their own good, as well as that of white workers. 1840's, major national issues related to slavery included annexation of texas and war against mexico. opposed annexation of slaveholding taxes. went -- texas. lincoln declared he had never much interested in the issue. in a similar manner, lincoln in congress in march, 1847 to may, 1849 express these regarding the mexican war that were far more moderate than abolitionists. lincoln denied the war had been originated for the purpose of extending slavery. abolitionists said it was a slave holders plot to expand slavery. lincoln did however support the wilmot proviso, designed to prevent slavery expansion into new m

and in the end, the abolitionist william lloyd garrison calls will story the slave catcher in chief for the united states. and i think that is a fair i analysis in terms of his jurisprudence. i i knew about story when i gave my lectures at harvard, i knew about taney. marshall was different, because you i read the biographies of marshall. all the biographies -- i literally mean all of them -- say the same thing. he owns very few slaves. owned very few slaves. they all say he owned a dozen house servants in richmond. that's a kind of a euphemism -- they did not want to say he owned slaves, so he owned house servants. the biographers say he was not involved in slavery in any economic way, and they say he heard very few cases involving slavery. and that was the lecture i gave at harvard a few years ago on this subject. then of course, i was told, you have to write your lectures up into a book. i easily wrote the last two chapters on story and taney and i struggled on the marshall chapter because i did not have anything new to say. i could not figure out why you have a third of a book when

he's had a terrible breakup with william lloyd garrison and the other garrison, and bondage and freedom is, among other things, a political analysis of the slavery crisis in america. and it's douglass' coming out as an advocate of certain kinds of uses of violence. and it's a much more lyrical douglass. he has really mastered prose now. he wants to show it off. and dearly needs the money. don't make any mistake. "bondage and freedom" if i recollect correctly, sold about 18,000 commie comcopies in the year or two. he took his sons on the road with him, and they would work the crowds while he would be up there speaking, a family affair. teenage boys trying to sell you a book of that guy speaking. pretty good idea. life and times later on, douglass never stopped telling his story. again, it's the weapon he had. by the time he writes the first -- then he wrote two editions of "life and times." in a sense, he wrote four autobiographies. the first one, 1881. he's now beyond his federal service. he's beyond -- no, is he still recorded? yeah, he's still recorded. but he's got a lot more to tell