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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to David Lee Child, August 6, 1836

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Holograph, signed.William Lloyd Garrison sympathizes with David Lee Child and Lydia Maria Child in their suffering from "unjust prosecution." He wants David Lee Child to be the editor of the Emancipator instead of Amos Augustus Phelps. David Lee Child's knowledge of politics is needed. There was an uproar in Boston over the kidnapping of two colored women.See Call No. Ms.A.1.1 v.2, p.62 for a handwritten copy of this letter.Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.2, no.47.
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Child, David Lee 1794 1874
  4. Correspondence
  5. Emancipator
  6. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  7. History
  8. Kidnapping
  9. Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus) 1805 1847
  10. Slaver
  11. Slavery
  12. United States

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