Stanley Harrold spoke on the topic, “Gamaliel Bailey, Antislavery Journalist and Lobbyist.” They responded to questions from members of the audience. Professor Finkelman, the spring symposium ...

Gamaliel Bailey was born in New Jersey,— a State where antislavery men, or, indeed, men of progress in any direction, are so far from being a staple growth, that they can barely be said to be ...

Opponents of slavery published several newspapers promoting their cause. In Washington, Gamaliel Bailey Jr. had founded the National Era in 1847. Bailey and his paper opposed escape attempts but ...