1850

_May 7._ Attended meeting of Anti-slavery Society at New York City.
Running debate with Captain Rynders.

1852

Supported the Free Soil party. Elected delegate from Rochester to Free
Soil convention at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Supported John P. Hale for
the Presidency.

1853

Visited Harriet Beecher Stowe at Andover, Massachusetts, with
reference to industrial school for colored youth.

1854

Opposed repeal of Missouri Compromise.

_June 12._ Delivered commencement address at Western Reserve College,
Hudson, Ohio.

1855

Published _My Bondage and My Freedom_. _March_. Addressed the New York
legislature.

1856