The Life, Travels, and Opinions of Benjamin Lundy; Including His Journeys to Texas and Mexico, With a Sketch of Contemporary Events, and a Notice of the Revolution in Hayti Page: 18
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18 LIFE OF BENJAMIN LUNDY.
prospectus, that he should discuss the subject of slavery
in the columns of the paper. The idea now occurred
to me, that I might act efficiently for the cause of emancipation-that
I could select articles, (for I did not think
of writing myself,) and have them published in the Philanthropist,
and that I could also get subscribers to the
publication. Engrossed with these thoughts, I went to
work with alacrity.
My leisure moments were now fully employed. When
I sent my selections to Charles, I sometimes wrote him
a few lines. After he had published the Philanthropist
a few months, I was surprised at receiving from him a
request that I should assist in editing it. The thought
that I could do such a thing had not then even occurred
to me. But on his repeating the request, I consented
to try ;-and from that moment, whenever I have thought
that something ought to be done, my maxim has been,
though doubtful of my ability-" try." Although I
resided ten miles from the office, and was extensively
engaged in other business, I continued, for some time,
to write editorial articles for the paper.
At length, Charles proposed to me to join him in the
printing business, and to take upon myself the superintendence
of the office. After some deliberation, I consented
to accept the offer, and, with that view, prepared
to diminish my other business. I discharged some of
my workmen, and took a portion of the articles which
had been made in my shop, to Missouri, in order to sell
them. I returned in about six months, when finding
business more dull than before, I determined to break
up my establishment at St. Clairsville, altogether, and
remove to Mount Pleasant.
With that view, I then took all the articles from my
shop, put them in a boat, and accompanied by my three
apprentices, started again for Missouri. We proceeded
down the Ohio river, my boys working at their trade in
the boat, while I steered it in the current. In going up
the Mississippi, the boys assisted the boat hands in row
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Lundy, Benjamin. The Life, Travels, and Opinions of Benjamin Lundy; Including His Journeys to Texas and Mexico, With a Sketch of Contemporary Events, and a Notice of the Revolution in Hayti, book, 1847; Philadelphia. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth33004/m1/16/?q=american+indian: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Star of the Republic Museum.