Illustration for page 27, The American
Anti-Slavery Almanac for 1839 (New York: Published for the American Anti-Slavery Society, Vol. I, No. 4).
Courtesy The John Hay Library, Brown University.
Caption:
Dec. 14, 1835, Rev. George Storrs, who was invited to address the
Anti-Slavery Society at Northfield, N. H., was dragged from his knees
while at prayer by David Tilton deputy sheriff.
He was also arrested in the pulpit, March 31, 1836, (fast day,) at
Pittsfield, N. H., by the authority of a writ issued by
Moses Norris, Esq.,ov. Isaac Hill
sanctioned the outrage by reappointing Norris.
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