The residents of Essex County were no strangers to slavery. Even after slavery was outlawed in Massachusetts, they continued to be vocal on the topics of slavery and abolitionism. Read some of those opinions here. Diary of Margaret Smith, 1678Account of Sale of Slaves on the Two Friends, Beverly 1791Captain’s Orders for the Two Friends, 1791Drawing of the Schooner Two Friends, Beverly c. 1793Deposition of the Two Friends first mate Osmon Gage, 1793Pliny Fisk Letter, Andover 1818Constitution of the Anti-Slavery Society, Lynn and Vicinity 1832Records of the Female Anti-Slavery Society, Lynn 1836-1837Female Anti-Slavery Society Membership Certificate, Lynn 1834Program for the Anniversary of the Andover Anti-Slavery Society, 1836Rev. Samuel Jackson Letter, Andover 1840William Lloyd Garrison Centennial Letter, Boston 1876 Back to List of Topics