Show AN ABOLITIONIST Oliver Johnson u CcWorker with Garrison is Dead THE THIRTEEN ORIGINAL STATES i Jleetlnp of their Governors Womans National Industrial IJeasne American Federation of Labor A Hunting Party Drowned lBnoOlLY Dec 10 Oliver Johnson the veteran vet-eran editor and abolitionist died this afternoon at his home in this city With Johnsons death there departs from this world almost the last figure of what was the greatest movement for the emancipation of mankind With the aid of William Lloyd Garrison he organized the New England AntiSlavery society in 1833 This society so-ciety led to the formation of the American AntiSlavery society with its affiliating auxil iaries causing a public agitation which ceased only with the abolition of slavery He was mobbed once in Pennsylvania for lecturing on slavery and narrowly escaped being tarred and feathered Johnson has been connected with various prominent papers In New York besides publishing papers i different points In Massachusetts Massa-chusetts Pennsylvania and other states in which he advocated abolition |