Pieces of Iowa’s Past, March 27, 2013

Pieces of Iowa’s Past, published by the Iowa State Capitol Tour Guides weekly during the legislative session, features historical facts about Iowa, the Capitol, and the early workings of state government. All historical publications are reproduced here with the actual spelling, punctuation, and grammar retained. THIS WEEK: History of Iowa from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century BACKGROUND: BENJAMIN F. GUE BENJAMIN F. GUE was born in Greene County, New York, on December 25, 1828. His education was acquired in the public schools, with two terms in academies of Canandaigua and West Bloomfield. He taught school in the winter of 1851 and early in March 1852, came to Iowa, and bought a claim on Rock Creek in Scott County. He was an abolitionist and took a deep interest in the antislavery movements of that period.

O abolicionista : órgão da Sociedade Brasileira contra a Escravidão.

Mode of access: Internet.

Life and times of Frederick Douglass : written by himself ; his early life as a slave, his escape from bondage, and his complete history to the present time /

Mode of access: Internet.

The days of the cotton kingdom. Part 1: the cotton kingdom,

Reissue of v. 27 and v. 28 of the 50-volume editions of the series.

The anti-slavery crusade; a chronicle of the gathering storm,

"Abraham Lincoln edition."

Proceedings of the Anti-slavery convention held at Rochester N.Y., Dec. 15 and 16, 1857.

Held under the auspices of the Black River, Oneida, Genesee, East Genesee and Wyoming (all in New York state) conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

William Jay and the constitutional movement for the abolition of slavery,

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-173) and index.

William Lloyd Garrison,

Mode of access: Internet.

Autobiography, memories and experiences of Moncure Daniel Conway.

Mode of access: Internet.

The battle of principles; a study of the heroism and eloquence of the anti-slavery conflict,

"Originally published in 1912."

Theodore Parker, preacher and reformer,

Mode of access: Internet.

William Jay, and the constitutional movement for the abolition of slavery.

Mode of access: Internet.

The controversy over the distribution of abolition literature,

Mode of access: Internet.

Leeds anti-slavery series.

Mode of access: Internet.

Report of a delegate to the Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women : held in Philadelphia, May, 1838; including an account of other meetings held in Pennsylvania Hall, and of the riot. Addressed to the Fall River Female Anti-Slavery Society, and published by its request.

Not cited in Lib. Company. Afro-Americana.