Faculty letter to the Anti-Slavery Society, 1834 November 26

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Recipient	Amherst College. Anti-Slavery Society
Title	Faculty letter to the Anti-Slavery Society, 1834 November 26
Dates	1834-11-26
Abstract	Faculty letter addressed to the Committee of the Anti-slavery Society in Amherst College in which the faculty respond to the "memorial" sent to them from the Anti-Slavery Society, presumably the letter dated October, 21 1834 in Box 1 Folder 48 of this collection. The faculty explains their delay in responding and write that despite the petition from the society, they still feel that the interests of the Institution would be best served by the voluntary disbanding of the Anti-Slavery Society. They go on to say that since it seems the society members cannot conscientiously take this step, and since the faculty ordering it to be done would be so afflictive, they have decided to let the society continue under certain regulations. They provide these regulations in detail including that the society must only meet once a month and chiefly for prayer, that the society cannot solicit new members, that discussion and formal addresses before the society be entirely discontinued, and that neither the society or members of it can correspond with the press or any other persons to bring their opinions before the public. The faculty explain that the object of the regulations is to guard against evils that they feel would result from frequent meetings, earnest discussion, and newspaper notoriety. They conclude by stating again that under these regulations they will permit the society to remain intact for now, but retain the right to disband it in the future should they feel it is necessary for the good of the Seminary. They end of the letter states "by the unanimous vote of the Faculty."
Physical Description	1 item (4 pages)
Languages	English
Place of Production	Amherst (Mass.)
Genre	Correspondence
Subject	Amherst College – Societies, etc.
Subject	Amherst College. Anti-Slavery Society – Correspondence
Subject	Antislavery movements – Massachusetts – Amherst
Subject	Student movements – Massachusetts – Amherst
Subject	Amherst College – History
Part of	Amherst College Early History Manuscripts and Pamphlets Collection
Finding Aid	View the finding aid for this item's collection
Repository	Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Shelf Location	Box 1 Folder 48
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