New York State Anti-Slavery Society

The New York State Anti-Slavery Society was established on October 21, 1835, in Peterboro, New York after the founding group had initially been driven out of Utica by an anti-anti-slavery group. This disturbance is known as the Utica Riot of 1835. The group successfully convened in a meeting in Utica a year later; the records of these proceedings were published and a copy is held in the Library of Congress.

E. C. Pritchett, an ally of Theodore Weld, was an agent and recording secretary for the society in 1840.

The Society reprinted William Jay's book on the federal government's protective relationship with slavery with a new appendix following the dispensation of the ''Amistad'' case. Provided by Wikipedia