Abolitionists

This week my daughter brought to my attention an 1893 publication about a reunion in Danvers of people who had been active in the anti-slavery cause.

Here's a brief quote from the Preface, page xi, that mentions some family members:

Mrs. Abel Nichols, not to mention others, was of North Danvers, and she and her husband were among the best of abolitionists. Their daughter, the late Mrs. Eben G. Berry, recalled with what fear and trembling she was wont, as a young girl, to circulate anti-slavery documents, and their nephew, Mr. Andrew Nichols, now of Danvers, son of Dr. Andrew Nichols, remembers how he used to be stoned in the streets for procuring subscribers to anti-slavery papers.

The full publication (190 pages) is available online in the Internet Archive.  Title page:

OLD ANTI-SLAVERY DAYS

PROCEEDINGS
 of the
COMMEMORATIVE MEETING 

held by the
DANVERS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

 at the
TOWN HALL, DANVERS,

APRIL 26, 1893,

With Introductions, Letters, and Sketches.

You can access the digitized copy at this address:
 https://archive.org/details/oldantislaveryd00putngoog/page/n3/mode/2up

There is a search option, so you can type in a word or name, and find where it appears in the text.