Supported Fremont, candidate of the Republican party.

1858

Established _Douglass's Monthly_. Entertained John Brown at Rochester.

1859

_August 20_. Visited John Brown at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

_May 12 [October]._ Went to Canada to avoid arrest for alleged
complicity in the John Brown raid.

_November 12._ Sailed from Quebec for England.

Lectured and spoke in England and Scotland for six months.

1860

Returned to the United States. Supported Lincoln for the Presidency.

1862

Lectured and spoke in favor of the war and against slavery.

1863

Assisted in recruiting Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Massachusetts
colored regiments. Invited to visit President Lincoln.