New England Non-Resistance Society
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The New England Non-Resistance Society was founded at a special peace convention organized by William Lloyd Garrison
, in Boston in September 1838. Leading up to the convention, conservative members of the American Anti-Slavery Society
and the American Peace Society
expressed discomfort with Garrison's philosophy of "non-resistance" and inclusion of women in public political activities. After conservative attendees opposing Garrison walked out of the convention in protest, those remaining formed the New England Non-Resistance Society.
In the Society’s “Declaration of Sentiments” Garrison wrote, “any person without distinction of sex or color, who consents to the principles of this Constitution may become a member and be entitled to speak at its meetings.” Twenty of the forty-four signers of the Society’s Declaration were women.
The Society condemned the use of force in resisting evil, in war, for the death penalty, or in self-defense, renounced allegiance to human government, and because of the anti-slavery cause, favored non-union with the American South.
Edmund Quincy (1808-1877)
, Maria Weston Chapman
and William Lloyd Garrison
, published the Non-Resistant (1839 - 1840), which lasted only two years but was indicative of the millennial character of parts of the reform movement.
Among the members were: Adin Ballou
, C.C. Burleigh, Maria Weston Chapman
, Stephen Symonds Foster
, Abby Kelley
, Mary Johnson
, Samuel May, Parker Pillsbury
, William P. Powell (African American leader) of New Bedford, Sarah Southwick, Thankful Southwick, Hannah Stickney, Anne Weston, Henry C. Wright.
William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer. He is best known as the editor of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, and as one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society, he promoted "immediate emancipation" of slaves in the United...
, in Boston in September 1838. Leading up to the convention, conservative members of the American Anti-Slavery Society
American Anti-Slavery Society
The American Anti-Slavery Society was an abolitionist society founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan. Frederick Douglass was a key leader of this society and often spoke at its meetings. William Wells Brown was another freed slave who often spoke at meetings. By 1838, the society had...
and the American Peace Society
American Peace Society
The American Peace Society is a pacifist group founded upon the initiative of William Ladd, in New York City, May 8, 1828. It was formed by the merging of many state and local societies, from New York, Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, of which the oldest, the New York Peace Society, dated...
expressed discomfort with Garrison's philosophy of "non-resistance" and inclusion of women in public political activities. After conservative attendees opposing Garrison walked out of the convention in protest, those remaining formed the New England Non-Resistance Society.
In the Society’s “Declaration of Sentiments” Garrison wrote, “any person without distinction of sex or color, who consents to the principles of this Constitution may become a member and be entitled to speak at its meetings.” Twenty of the forty-four signers of the Society’s Declaration were women.
The Society condemned the use of force in resisting evil, in war, for the death penalty, or in self-defense, renounced allegiance to human government, and because of the anti-slavery cause, favored non-union with the American South.
Edmund Quincy (1808-1877)
Edmund Quincy (1808-1877)
Edmond Quincy , author and reformer was the second son of Josiah Quincy III and Eliza Susan Morton Quincy. He was an abolitionist editor and also the author of a biography of his father, a romance, Wensley , and The Haunted Adjutant and Other Stories .His father was US representative , mayor of...
, Maria Weston Chapman
Maria Weston Chapman
Maria Weston or Maria Weston Chapman was an American abolitionist. She was elected to the executive committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1839 and from 1839 until 1842, she served as editor of the anti-slavery journal, Non-Resistant.-Family:Weston was born in 1806 in Weymouth,...
and William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer. He is best known as the editor of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, and as one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society, he promoted "immediate emancipation" of slaves in the United...
, published the Non-Resistant (1839 - 1840), which lasted only two years but was indicative of the millennial character of parts of the reform movement.
Among the members were: Adin Ballou
Adin Ballou
Adin Ballou was an American prominent proponent of pacifism, socialism and abolitionism, and the founder of the Hopedale Community...
, C.C. Burleigh, Maria Weston Chapman
Maria Weston Chapman
Maria Weston or Maria Weston Chapman was an American abolitionist. She was elected to the executive committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1839 and from 1839 until 1842, she served as editor of the anti-slavery journal, Non-Resistant.-Family:Weston was born in 1806 in Weymouth,...
, Stephen Symonds Foster
Stephen Symonds Foster
Stephen Symonds Foster was a radical American abolitionist known for his dramatic and aggressive style of public speaking, and for his stance against those in the church who failed to fight slavery. His marriage to Abby Kelley Foster brought his energetic activism to bear on women's rights...
, Abby Kelley
Abby Kelley
Abby Kelley Foster was an American abolitionist and radical social reformer active from the 1830s to 1870s. She became a fundraiser, lecturer and committee organizer for the influential American Anti-Slavery Society, where she worked closely with William Lloyd Garrison and other radicals...
, Mary Johnson
Mary Johnson
Mary Johnson played ten test matches for the England women's cricket team between 1948/9 and 1954 ....
, Samuel May, Parker Pillsbury
Parker Pillsbury
Parker Pillsbury was an American minister and advocate for abolition and women's rights.Pillsbury was born in Hamilton, Massachusetts...
, William P. Powell (African American leader) of New Bedford, Sarah Southwick, Thankful Southwick, Hannah Stickney, Anne Weston, Henry C. Wright.