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Garrison's Second Trial. Baltimore County Court. October Term, 1830. Francis Todd vs. Wm. Lloyd Garrison. Action on the case for a libel [manuscript]

by: Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879

Publication date: 1830

Topics: Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879, Lundy, Benjamin, 1789-1839, Todd, Francis, 1805-1862, Slave trade, Antislavery movements, Abolitionists

Collection: bplscas; bostonpubliclibrary; americana

Contributor: Boston Public Library

Language: English

Clipping (information artifact)

This newspaper article is about Francis Todd, the owner of a ship named Francis, commanded by Captain George B. Milligan, that carried 80 slaves from Herring Bay to New Orleans. Francis Todd claimed libel based on a article edited and published by Benjamin Lundy and William Lloyd Garrison on Nov. 20, [1829], in a newspaper entitled "Genius of Universal Emancipation," which is reprinted in this clipping. Garrison claimed that the 80 slaves suffered great deprivations on the voyage, a claim that tarnished Francis Todd's reputation. Francis Todd claims that the 80 slaves were not restrained and had "accommodations on board [that] were the same as those of steerage passengers."