Tubman, Harriet (1822-1913) Woman's Rights Meetings in The Liberator, Newspaper Report.
Boston: J.B. Yerrinton & Son, 6 July 1860.
Tabloid-format newspaper, consisting of pages 105-108, a complete issue, illustrated woodcut masthead, edited by William Lloyd Garrison, containing an account of one of Tubman's earliest appearances at a large public event, in which she is identified as "Moses" (old folds, some edge wear, short closed tear); 25 x 18 in.
"A colored woman of the name of Moses, who, herself a fugitive, has eight times returned to the slave states for the purpose of rescuing others from bondage, and who has met with extraordinary success in her efforts was then introduced. She told the story of her adventures in a modest but quaint and amusing style, which won much applause."
This particular Woman's rights convention was held in Boston on Friday, June 1, 1860. At the event, Reverend James Freeman Clarke felt it appropriate to say, "with reference to the equality of women before the law, [...] the only objection urged against allowing suffrage to women was that they were not designed to share in the Government. To this he answered that if it was so, then it would be the best plan to try the experiment, and allow them to vote; and if they were not designed for voters, it would be seen, and the evil at once remedied." How generous.
