dealer of that city. He afterwards removed it to
Philadelphia; and in 1834 made a tour through the South Western
States and Texas, in which he encountered great dangers, and
suffered extreme hardships from sickness and destitution. This
journey was deemed by many an unprofitable and hazardous
experiment, but it proved of great importance. He collected an
immense amount of facts, developing beforehand the grand
slave-holding conspiracy for revolutionizing Texas, and annexing
it to the American Union, as a slave territory. These he
published to the world on his return; and it has justly been
said of him, by John Quincy Adams, that his exertions alone,
under Providence, prevented the annexation of Texas to the
United States. This bold and single-hearted pioneer died not
long since in the State of Illinois, whither he repaired to take
the place of the lamented Lovejoy, who was murdered by a mob in
that State, in 1837.

"In 1831, Wm. Lloyd Garrison commenced, under great difficulties
and discouragements, the publication of the _Liberator_, in
Boston; and by the energy and earnestness of his appeals, roused
the attention of many minds to the subject of slavery. Shortly
after, a society was formed in Boston in favor of immediate
emancipation. It consisted at first, if I remember right, of
only twelve members. Previous to this, however, a society,
embracing very similar principles, had been formed in
Pennsylvania. In 1833, upwards of sixty delegates from several
of the free States, met at Philadelphia; among them were Elizur
Wright and Beriah Green, (who had been compelled to give up
their Professorships in Western Reserve [Ohio] College, for
their attachment to freedom,) Lewis Tappan, William Lloyd
Garrison, Charles W. Denison, Arnold Buffum, Amos A. Phelps, and
John G. Whittier. This Convention organized the American
Anti-Slavery Society, proposing to make use of th

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Various, or Various Production, is an English dubstep/electronic music duo formed in 2003. The group blends samples, acoustic and electronic instrumentation, and singing from a revolving cast of vocalists. Its members, Adam and Ian, purposefully give very little information about the group or themselves, and tend to do little in the way of self-promotion.[1] Nevertheless, the group began winning critical acclaim with its single releases in 2005 and 2006.[2] Their full-length for XL, The World is Gone, arrived in July of 2006.[3][4][5][6][7] They have released a large number of vinyl EPs and 7 records, as well as digital exclusives for Rough Trade, iTunes, and Boomkat.[8]

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