Asa Sylvester Wing · SJSU Student Experiences Before Two Major Historical Crises

Name: Asa Sylvester Wing; VIAF link; Find-a-Grave
First Name: Asa
Additional Names: Sylvester
Last Name: Wing
Born: 18 November 1815
Died: 8 March 1854
Profession: Lawyer
Anti-slavery Agent
Note: On a tour as an agent of the Connecticut Anti-Slavery Society in 1846; extensive coverage of his tours in The Charter Oak.
Frederick Douglass gives oration when his monument is erected.
Photo from Mexico New York Historical Society
“let me exhort the friends of the slave everywhere, to lift up their heads and look upward, for, in spite of all opposition, the car of emancipation is onward. Let each and all seek to accelerate its velocity towards the goal of universal freedom.” – A S. Wing, The Charter Oak New Series 1, 13, 2 April 2, 1846; Article on his reputation in Syracuse; Frederick Douglass speech in memory of Asa Wing; Photo Credit
Related Places: New York - Central Upstate; Connecticut - Western
Associated Causes: Underground Railroad URR; Abolition