Thomas P. Beach

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1800s
State:Massachusetts
Support
Abolitionism Anti-War
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Biography

Thomas P. Beach was a Garrisonian abolitionist and nonresistant who was among those jailed for carrying the antislavery agitation into religious meetings. He served three months in jail for disturbing the Quaker meeting at Lynn, Massachusetts.

Case

Charges: Disturbing a religious meeting.
Sentence: Three months in jail. Charges as recorded: Disturbing a religious meeting — for interrupting the Quaker meeting at Lynn, Massachusetts to denounce its stance on slavery.
Convicted: Yes

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