Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1792, Feb. 4 | Born, Danville, Ky. |
| 1810 | Graduated, College of New Jersey (Princeton University), Princeton, N.J. |
| 1814 | Read law in office of Alexander J. Dallas, Philadelphia, Pa. Admitted to bar Began law practice in Danville, Ky. |
| 1816 | Married Agatha McDowell (died 1839) Elected to Kentucky legislature |
| 1818 | Moved to Alabama |
| 1819 | Elected representative to first General Assembly of Alabama |
| 1827 | Drafted legislation passed by the General Assembly of Alabama prohibiting the importation of slaves |
| 1829 | Slave importation bill repealed by the General Assembly of Alabama |
| 1832 | Reintroduced legislation in the general assembly of Alabama prohibiting the importation of slaves Became agent for the American Colonization Society, traveling and lecturing in the South to promote colonization of slaves Returned to Kentucky |
| 1834 | Emancipated his slaves |
| 1835 | Formed Kentucky Anti-Slavery Society |
| 1836 | Moved to Ohio and began to publish the Philanthropist, an antislavery newspaper |
| 1837 | Elected executive secretary, American Anti-Slavery Society Moved to New York |
| 1840 | Vice president, World's Anti-Slavery Convention |
| 1840, 1844 | Presidential candidate for the Liberty Party |
| 1841 | Married Miss Fitzhugh |
| 1852 | Published Examination of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the Case of Strader, Gorman and Armstrong vs. Christopher Graham, Delivered at Its December Term, 1850: Concluding with an Address to the Free Colored People, Advising them to Remove to Liberia. Cincinnati: Truman & Spofford |
| 1857, Nov. 25 | Died, Perth Amboy, N.J. |