Michigan
Liberty Press office, an abolition newspaper, burned under suspicious circumstances, putting him out of the publishing business.
Hussey and his wife, Sarah, were Quakers. They came to Battle Creek in 1838 and opened a general store. By 1840, they were conductors on the Underground Railroad, hiding escaping slaves in their home, and getting them to the next stop in Marshall.
Erastus Hussey -Willard Library
Hussey went into politics in 1846 or at least tried to. He for the U.S. House of Representatives on the abolitionist Michigan Liberty Party ticket. He lost the election, but only became more determined to fight against slavery. In 1848, Hussey began to publish the Michigan Liberty Press, with the motto “Eternal enmity to all kinds of oppression.” He wasn’t in business for long.