The Greatest Cause in American History: Liberation and Freedom during the 19th Century of the Divided States of America

Divided America: Liberation Square exists in Cairo Egypt – Tahrir (Liberation) Square, it would only be right and politically correct, fair and just – to have a square or plaza named for liberation in the United States of which we all know were not always United but in fact very divided, The dedication of Liberation Square or Freedom Plaza in Boston would help america and the wo…rld gain more knowldege of how america struggled to overcome the divisions and affairs in the history of how America struggled for over 200 years to change from a divided country-state to become a modern democracy/ethical society which still has many racial , ethical and moral problems.
The turning points for america was during both the mid 19th century and the mid 20th century but most importantly the mid 19th Century when the when the Constitution of the United States/the Divided States at that time – was held in question due to the fact the ongoing acceptance of slavery in the United States/not only in the south but also in the north in many ways.

Liberation Square / Freedom Plaza – Boston

 

Liberation Square / Freedom Plaza – Boston

Boston the center of the nations Abolitionist movement can now have a Plaza and square dedicated in the name of Liberation and Freedom in the country for the history and struggles of African-Americans and Abolitionists who fought to change the divided state of america and create a better country called the United States.

The Greatest Cause in American History: Boston the center of the nations Abolitionist movement can now have a Plaza and square dedicated in the name of Liberation and Freedom in the country for the history and struggles of African-Americans and Abolitionists who rallied, fought and challenged the country to live up to a greater cause than independence and to change the divided state of america and create a better country which could then after liberation and freedom during the mid 19th century – be properly called the United States – through the Foundation upon which the people of the Abolitionist /Anti-Slavery movement built which was the greatest cause in American history.

October 21st – 2010 Represents: The 175th Anniversary of – The True American Revolution – Liberating Enslaved Black America During the 19th Century / Early-Mid 1800’s

The True American Revolution – Liberating Enslaved Black America 

The Integrated Abolitionist-American Liberation Movement for the Freedom of Enslaved Black Americans by the Abolitionist /Anti-Slavery Movement

A time in history has passed us and has gone unrecognized and underappreciated for many years, nearly 200 years or 175 to be exact.

During this time in Americas past known as the Jacksonian era or the Antebellum era also known as the Abolitionist Movement era, The country was facing changing times during the early to mid 1800’s. There were still many problems and differences between the North and the South.

Although the cities of America were growing during the post American/independence revolution there were still many problems between the northern and southern states of the country. During these pre-civil war times Abolitionist and anti-slavery proponents and advocates were active pursing the “Glorious Cause” Abolitionism – to bring Slavery to an end in the south or throughout the country, although the north was free fugitive slave laws still existed.

In an effort to bring about the immediate end of slavery and have the U.S. government lives by the word s and standards of the constitution of the United States and the declaration of independence. Anti-slavery abolitionist such as William Lloyd Garrison, Fredrick Douglas and George Thompson were orators/speakers or published news papers such as Garrisons “Liberator” newspaper which was a voice of the abolitionist community of the Glorious Cause.

These Abolitionist/Anti-Slavery groups and organizations convened meetings, conventions and strived for the fight to bring an end to slavery against multitudes of oppressive “slave forces”., they served as the freedom fighters of their time. If not for these brave citizens who strived for an the of slavery and slave laws and called for America to live up to the words of the American construction, Slavery in the south may have continued for many more years.

The abolitionist of the 18^th and 19^th centuries in America served as the revolutionaries who saw the flaws of this country, stood for change and an end to slavery. They gave the country the backbone needed not only to campaign for an end of slavery in the south but give the country a moral and ethical identity to move the country towards becoming a more civil and equality based or equal rights based society.

In essence they defined America’s true revolutionary era, They pressured government and called for an end to slavery, their actions as served as the foundation of President Lincolns Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, and the 13^th amendment of 1865 or post civil war-reconstruction Acts towards a more perfect union (of the North and South).

As a testament to these tumultuous, controversial and revolutionary times of change in America, Today we should recognize those in our past who contributed to what could be truly called the United States of America, Abolitionist constantly fought for their rights: The Right of freedom of Speech and their public right to meet and convene and freedom of the press.

In order to create this change revolutionary abolitionist faced Mobs, lynch mobs, protestors and other ruffian opponents which often times turned into conflicts and riots similar to the civil rights movements of the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s.

One of the greatest milestones of the antislavery abolitionist movements took place or was erected here in the city of Boston. But to the contrary this incident also marks “a disgraceful spot in Boston’s history”.

This Event and incident took place on the grounds of what is now City Hall and Government Center, and a stone’s throw or not to far from the old city hall of the early 19^th century which also  previously was the State house of the 18^th century during the patriotic revolution of the 1700’s.

The time was 1835 and the place was Washington Street (now on government center) at Cornhill, This landmark spot was the place where  the Boston Riot of 1835 took place which was a milestone in Anti-Slavery – Abolitionist Movement history where “ The Boston Mob of Gentlemen of property and Standing rioted against an anti-slavery meeting of The Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society with William Lloyd Garrison – Publisher of the Liberator Abolitionist newspaper. Through the disgrace of the riot Abolitionist history was created at this spot and at this historic address..The historic location of Garrison’s Office of the Liberator newspaper, the Location of  the Antislavery Office and the Hall where Anti-slavery Society, Organizational Group meetings were held.

Details of this Momentous occasion are located at the factxchange.wordpress.com web page blog noted here: http://factxchange.wordpress.com/category/william-lloyd-garrison/ or here at https://bostonroots.wordpress.com/

Joseph Edgecombe, Documentary Historian/ Writer/Scholar

The most vocal Call for Equality in America – The 180th Anniversary of William Lloyd Garrisons Anti-Slavery Speech on The Fourth of July 1829

Tribute to Architects of Abolition, Freedom and Liberation, Anniversary of Historical Dates of 1835 & 1855

Led by Joseph Edgecombe, Urban Historical Scholar

 New Trail-Location Discovers Boston Roots During the Abolitionist Revolution Era in American History and a Major Center of Abolitionist Boston.

Newly discovered historical site location, by Joseph Edgecombe, Urban history Scholar and trail announcement gives outstanding 19^th Century version of the Boston’s (Colonial) freedom trail. The new trail explores the cross-section of Black, White and Women’s History Activity in the Abolitionist/Anti-Slavery movement’s era to bring about change in this country, in this All American Trail. After the American Revolution all was not great in these United States until Anti-Slavery Abolitionist emphasized and exercised their rights to meet and convene in public halls and their right to freedom of speech, without having their constitutional rights violated by being attacked by Proslavery mobs interrupting or breaking up their meetings. The central focus of the trail details the famous climactic event where The whole city was in an uproar and William Lloyd Garrison and The Boston Female Anti Slavery Society were forced to abandon a major meeting as the angry mob converged on the building –  and where Garrison was caught, roped and dragged through the street to be lynched by an angry mob to the original City Hall/the old State House (Southside- Near the same location where Crispus Attucks was shot down at the dawn of the American Revolution).

The women of the BFASS – Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society voted to relocate the meeting, and departed the building by the request of the Mayor Theodore Lyman, who with his constables escorted them out of the building, in a narrow line through the angry raucous mob to continue to hold their meeting at another historic location, they marched hand and hand 5-6 blocks away to relative safety on West Street between the Boston Common and Washington Street at the home of Maria Weston Chapman.

Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison publisher of the Liberator newspaper  and speaker at the meeting would spend the rest of the night at the Leverett Street (near Charles St.) Jail it was the only place of safety to be found in the city.

The event came to be known as “The Boston Mob Riot of 1835” a mob of 5,000 men.

This dramatic event which happened in a public meeting hall at 46 Washington Street (at Cornhill) which came to be known as Stacy Hall, the event is one of the most storied episodes or epic topics of American history, 19^th century Abolitionist and African-American related history in challenging America to change and end slavery as the country. 

Garrison founded the Liberator newspaper was in1831, New England Anti-Slavery Society was formed in 1832.  In 1833, William Lloyd Garrison, Arthur and Lewis Tappan, and others formed the American Anti-Slavery Society in Philadelphia, The Massachusetts antislavery society was formed by Garrison, The BFASS Boston female Anti Slavery Society was formed in 1834.

Joseph Edgecombe, Urban Historical Scholar, Email: Black-history@live.com

Six years before the 1835 event and outbreak at the meeting Hall at 46-48 Washington Street ( Stacy Hall)   which sparked and ignited the national abolitionist movement – in 1829 on Americas Independence day William Lloyd Garrison Gave his first profound statement and stand against slavery in America and spoke for the Freedom & Independence of the oppressed and enslaved inthe name of God.

Garrison’s Four Propositions, Introduced at Park Street Church:

1. Above all others, slaves in America deserve “the prayers, and sympathies, and charities of the American people.”

2. Non-slave-holding states are “constitutionally involved in the guilt of slavery,” and are obligated “to assist in its overthrow.”    

3. There is no valid legal or religious justification for the preservation of slavery.

4. The “colored population” of America should be freed, given an education, and accepted as equal citizens with whites.

Garrison’s Antislavery Address
Park Street Church, July 4, 1829

“I call upon the ambassadors of Christ everywhere to make known this proclamation: ‘Thus saith the Lord God of the Africans, Let this people go, that they may serve me.’”
—William Lloyd Garrison, July 4, 1829.

Four decades before the United States Congress amended the Constitution to outlaw slavery, Park Street Church played a significant role in the American abolitionist movement. In 1823, Park Street began hosting an antislavery lecture series dedicated to raising funds for African missions. Held annually on Independence Day for six years, the series gathered many Bostonians in the spirit of benevolence towards “a long divided and suffering people.” At the conclusion of the series in 1829, organizers invited a twenty-three year old newspaper editor named William Lloyd Garrison to give the final lecture. In what was Garrison’s first public address, the famous abolitionist eagerly accepted the invitation and delivered a monumental speech from the Park Street pulpit. 

His address, entitled “Dangers to the Nation,” introduced a bold new approach to the antislavery effort. Referring to the words of the Declaration of Independence, Garrison declared America to be shamefully hypocritical for simultaneously celebrating the notion that “all men are born equal” while keeping two million slaves in “hopeless bondage.” He then charged all Americans with the moral obligation to demand an end to the “national sin” of slavery. “Let us, then, be up and doing,” he urged his listeners. “Sound the trumpet of alarm and plead eloquently for the rights of man.” By presenting four powerful propositions that laid the foundation for a new drive for emancipation, Garrison turned his afternoon lecture at Park Street Church into what historian Henry Mayer calls “an epochal moment in the history of freedom.”

To understand the significance of Garrison’s Park Street address, it is helpful to know that few Americans supported the abolitionist cause in the 1820’s. Though many believed slavery was wrong, there seemed no way to eradicate it without breaking apart the national Union. As a result, the vast majority took a stance of toleration and believed that the issue should be handled by the local rather than the federal government. Even in Massachusetts, where slaves were freed in 1781 and antislavery sentiment was strong, most citizens did not feel responsible for the practice of slavery outside their own state. Thus, anyone at the time who called for a national mandate to ban slavery in slaveholding states was considered a reckless extremist. For the most part, those who spoke against slavery advocated a policy of compensating slave masters and sending their freed slaves back to Africa where they could live in designated colonies.

After his Park Street Address, Garrison rose to national prominence as he continued to press hard for abolition. In 1831, he organized the New England Anti-Slavery Society, which demanded that slaves be immediately freed and treated equally with whites. That same year he established the famous abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, in which he announced, “On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation…I will not retreat a single inch—and I will be heard.” Completely uncompromising and purposely inflammatory, Garrison attracted many angry critics in both the North and the South. Yet his tireless effort for emancipation and equal rights helped pave the way for the abolishment of slavery in 1866.

 
    Source: http://www.parkstreet.org/garrison_address

Joseph C. Edgecombe, June27th 2009 – Web Announcement

THE ARCHITECTS OF FREEDOM AND LIBERATION TRAIL – Boston

ANNOUNCEMENT – The Movement by the People:

THE ARCHITECTS OF FREEDOM AND LIBERATION TRAIL

The 19^th Century Fight for Freedom for All

The Transformational Century – The Evolutionary Years of America 

   

 Once upon a time in the United States of America, when the Country was still young, Patriotic Glory rose to a higher level of the responsibility of the activities and pursuits of Americas citizens – not the politicians but the people, America was not only divided between the states of the north and the south, but in the Rights and the Wrongs of a people in a thriving society and a growing nation. Therefore America needed a cause a Glorious Cause which would bring the society into  a much more Civilized State and Abolitionist and Anti-slavery proponents filled this need for America to strive for  a country where all are free to build their own futures. The new Visionaries of America struggled for the liberation and freedom of those that did not have it and rallied against those who took advantage of those freedoms. This was The Glorious Cause – A Visionary cause and philosophy led by Abolitionist – the people that would bring about A New Nation, A new republic and a new democracy for all – a society that is not just for the gentlemen of property and standing.

  

THE ARCHITECTS OF FREEDOM AND LIBERATION TRAIL (The Liberators Trail)

Concept plan for Architects of Freedom Trail, Liberation Plaza, & Time Capsule of The Boston Riot of 1835 and the Twentieth anniversary of 1855 at Stacy Hall – 46 Washington street (at Cornhill).

As Tribute to the Architects of Freedom and Country when The True Revolution was the Glorious Cause – The Intersection of Americas Crossroad to freedom (The Walk of Fame)

A new historic trial is planned for the city of Boston which will not only be a boost for Tourism which will bring economic development to Boston, But the trail will shed light upon much of Boston’s history which has been sidelines to Boston’s history during Americas  struggle for independence during 1776 Era.

The new trail is to be named “The Architects of Freedom and Liberation Trail” which will emphasize Americas original Liberators or Abolitionist during Americas early period of economic development and literary address and concern for the future of the country. Who sought to build and create a better foundation for the country by striving for the constitutional rights of America’s enslaved population during that period and addressing the issues of America’s constitution and other founding documents. The trail reflects upon a time when the country was much divided literally and ideologically.

The trail also emphasizes Boston’s Roots in Abolitionist history as the main foundation for the True – Completion of an American Revolution, which is The True Revolution – The struggle for the end of Slavery and slave law in America.

The trails focus is based upon The Boston riot of 1835, it represents the epicenter of national abolitionist developments therefore it is a combination of other historical trails connected to the Boston Roots- Architects Of Freedom/Liberation Trail,

The Black Heritage Trail, The Woman’s Heritage Trail and the Abolitionist Trail/Boston’s Freedom Trial Trail.

Sites on the Architects of Freedom Trail are to raise the consciousness about 19the Century America as America transformers from a Colonial nation into a thriving nation of Commercial and Industrial invention – In essence The Birth of the Nation after years of huge equality gaps due to the predominance of Slavery and slave laws in America – which needed to be brought to an end.

Website: The Architects of Freedom and Liberation Trail

Email: BostonRoots@live.com 

Related Sites:

http://www.abolitionisminblackandwhite.com/ 

http://abolitionisminblackandwhite.com/wordpress/

http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=H-Afro-Am&month=0910&week=b&msg=fHn0lnGVR8vVb6M%2B8M1KMg

http://boston1775.blogspot.com/2009/09/abolitionism-in-black-and-white.html

http://www.suffolk.edu/23237.html