Skip to main content

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Henry Egbert Benson, Oct. 19, 1831

Thumbnail for Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Henry Egbert Benson, Oct. 19, 1831
View
@ Boston Public Library

Description

Holograph, signed.In this letter, William Lloyd Garrison introduces his abolitionist friend Joshua Coffin. The Liberator is causing "extraordinary movements" among whites in the slave states. Garrison writes: "I am constantly receiving anonymous letters, filled with abominable and bloody sentiments. These trouble me less than the wind. I never was so happy and confident in my mind as at the present time."Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.1, no.56.
Type:
Text
Format:
Correspondence Manuscripts
Rights:
No known copyright restrictions.No known restrictions on use.
View Original At:

Record Contributed By

Boston Public Library

Record Harvested From

Digital Commonwealth

Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Benson, Henry Egbert 1814 1837
  4. Coffin, Joshua 1792 1864
  5. Correspondence
  6. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  7. History
  8. Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
  9. Slaver
  10. United States

Related Content

Letter from Arnold Buffum, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1834 [April] 12 Letter from Joseph Cassey, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp, 1834 Feb[ruar]y 15th Letter from Joshua Coffin and Arnold Buffum, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1834 Jan[uary] 29 Letter from Arnold Buffum, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1834 [February] 4 Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Samuel Joseph May, Sept. 23, 1836 Letter from Henry Egbert Benson, Providence, [Rhode Island], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1833 Oct[ober] 15th Letter from Henry Egbert Benson, Prov[idenc]e, [Rhode Island], to William Lloyd Garrisona and Isaac Knapp, 1833 Oct[obe]r 29th Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Henry Egbert Benson, Aug. 29, 1831 Letter from Henry Egbert Benson, Providence, [Rhode Island], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1832 March 1st Letter from Henry Egbert Benson, Providence, [Rhode Island], to Willaim Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp, 1832 Nov[ember] 23d Letter from Henry Egbert Benson, Providence, [Rhode Island], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1832 March 6th Letter from Thomas Williams and Henry Egbert Benson, Providence, [Rhode Island], to William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp, 1833 July 9th Letter from Martin Robinson and Henry Egbert Benson, Providence, [Rhode Island], to William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp, 1834 Jan[uary] 6 Letter from George William Benson and Henry Egbert Benson, Providence, [Rhode Island], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1833 [March] 5th Letter from Henry Egbert Benson, Providence, [Rhode Island], to William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp, 1833 Nov[embe]r 20th Letter from Henry Egbert Benson, Prov[idence, Rhode Island], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1864 March 25th Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Henry Egbert Benson, Jan. 26, 1836 Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Henry Egbert Benson, July 30, 1831 Letter from Henry Egbert Benson, Prov[idence, Rhode Island], to William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp, 1834 January 9th Letter from Henry Egbert Benson, Providence, [Rhode Island], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1833 March 23d
Download JSON