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Channing, of Boston, who resided some time in Virginia, shows that the over-working of slaves, to such an extent as to abridge life, and cause a decrease of population, is not confined to the far south and south-west. "I heard of an estate managed by an individual who was considered as singularly successful, and who was able to govern the slaves without the use of the whip.
Barlow at Brook Farm and Concord was her son Francis Channing, born in 1834, who graduated at Harvard in 1855, was a lawyer in New York, rose to the rank of Major-General during the Rebellion, and was afterwards prominent in his profession. He married as his second wife Miss Ellen Shaw, the sister of Colonel Robert G. Shaw and of Mrs. George William Curtis.
At the end of the year passed in Gloucester, it appeared that the congregation was about equally divided on the question of retaining me as pastor; at any rate, the circumstances did not permit me to think of it, and I went up to Boston to assist Dr. Channing in his duties as pastor of the Federal Street Church. Dr.
There was the bitter shock of the crime, felt for Hamish's own sake: Hamish whom they had all so loved, so looked up to: and there was the dread of the consequences to Mr. Channing in the event of discovery. Had the penalty been hanging, I believe that Arthur would have gone to it, rather than betray Hamish.
Channing, Frederick Douglass, Lucy Stone, Mrs. Nichols, Antoinette Brown, Mrs. Bloomer and others. When this association was formed a clause was placed in the constitution allowing men to become members and to speak in all meetings but making them ineligible to office.
"I hope, with all my heart, that you'll be in this post for many a day." "Thank you, Huntley," responded Tom. And he proceeded to call over the roll, though his cheek burnt at sundry hisses that came, in subdued tones, from various parts of the room. Every boy was present. Not a king's scholar but answered to his name; and Tom signed the roll for the first time. "Channing, acting senior."
It was a face of exceeding beauty, refined almost as a girl's, and it had gained for him in the school the sobriquet of "Miss." "What's the matter with you, Miss Charley?" "Oh, nothing, Bywater." "Charley Channing," exclaimed Gaunt, "do you know who did it?" "If I did, Gaunt, I should not tell," was the fearless answer.
Channing gave vent to a groan: a sharp attack of his malady pierced his frame just then. Certain reminiscences, caused by the question, may have helped its acuteness; but of that Mr. Huntley had no suspicion. In the evening, when Mrs. Channing was sitting under the acacia trees, Mr. Huntley joined her, and she took the opportunity of alluding to the subject.
Within two years he succeeded in organizing in Philadelphia the American Anti-Slavery Society; by 1835 he convinced William Ellery Channing that the time had fully come for an active crusade, and this old minister, with a literary reputation in Europe almost as great as that of Washington Irving, published an abolition book called "Slavery," which is said to have been read by every prominent man in public life.
"There never was a ghost seen yet, as long as any one can remember," cried he, when he came out of his laughter. "I'd sooner believe in Gulliver's travels, than I'd believe in ghosts. What a donkey you are, Tod Yorke!" "It's Charley Channing that's the donkey; not me," cried Tod, fiercely.
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