Bibliography for Charles Calistus Burleigh's Work
Reception of George Thompson in Great Britain. [Compiled from various British Publications]. Boston: Isaac Knapp, 1836.
Edited by Charles C. Burleigh, who also wrote the Introduction (p. v-xvi).
Discussion on American slavery: betwen George Thompson, Esq. and Rev. Robert J. Breckinridge, holden in the Rev. Dr. Wardlaw's chapel, Glasgow, Scotland, on the evenings of the 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th of June, 1836, with an appendix. Boston: Isaac Knapp, 1836.
The Appendix is by Charles C. Burleigh, p. 163-187.
Discussion on American Slavery, with Appendix by Charles C. Burleigh - online version
The Death Penalty Makes killers of us All
Charles Calistus Burleigh would appreciate the wide variety of people across the world working to end capital punishment in our time.
Burleigh, Charles C. Thoughts on the Death Penalty. Philadelphia: Merrihew and Thompson, 1845.
Burleigh, Charles C. Thoughts on the Death Penalty. Second Edition, Revised. Philadelphia: Merrihew and Thompson, 1847.
Thoughts on the Death Penalty - first edition, online version
Thoughts on the Death Penalty - second edition, online version
Plummer, Frederick. A defense of capital punishment, in a discussion of six evenings with Charles C. Burleigh on the question, "Ought capital punishment to be abolished?"; taken down in short hand, and reported for publication, by W.E. Drake. Philadelphia: J.M. Campbell, 1846.
[Burleigh, Charles C.] The Sabbath Question. Philadelphia: E. M. Davis, 1847. Unascribed, 8-page version.
Burleigh, Charles C. The Sabbath Question. Philadelphia: Merrihew and Thompson, 1847. This is a 48-page pamphlet. Available at HathiTrust.
Burleigh, Charles C. Slavery and the North. New York: American Anti-Slavery Society, 1850.
Burleigh, Charles C. No slave-hunting in the Old Bay State. Speech of Charles C. Burleigh at the Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, Friday, January 28, 1859. Boston: Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, 1859.
Phillips, Wendell, William Lloyd Garrison, Charles C Burleigh, Massachusetts. No slave-hunting in the Old Bay State: an appeal to the people and legislature of Massachusetts. New York, Published by the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1860.
No Slave-Hunting in the Old Bay State - 1859 pamphlet of Charles Burleigh's speech only, online version
No Slave-Hunting in the Old Bay State - 1860 collected pamphlet, online version
The resources given above constitute the major published works of Charles Calistus Burleigh. Because of his editorial duties with numerous Abolitionist papers, and his popularity as a writer and speaker, there are many more resources to be collected and listed here from journalistic sources. Resources like this will be gradually accumulated and added to this page. Volunteer assistance and contributions encouraged and welcomed!
HIGHLIGHTS OF CHARLES C. BURLEIGH'S JOURNALISTIC WRITING
1833
His first published editorial on the Canterbury Female Academy. It caught the notice of Arthur Tappan, and led to Burleigh's being called as editor of The Unionist - Genius of Temperance, Philanthropist and People’s Advocate (New York City), 3:45 (May 15, 1833)
1834
1835
Burleigh's important eye-witness account of the mobbing of William Lloyd Garrison in Boston in October of 1835 - The Liberator 05:43:171 (October 24, 1835)
1836
1837
Comments on the murder of Lovejoy, with an opening paragraph by William Lloyd Garrison about Charles C. Burleigh's trip to Haiti - The Liberator 07:52:207.
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