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Letter from Jonathan Edward Woodbridge, Worcester, [Massachusetts], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1837 Dec[ember] 14

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Jonathan Edwards Woodbridge writes to Amos A. Phelps regarding statements concerning his personal connection with slavery. He writes, "I never owned but one slave unless a child born of this woman while she belonged to me he reckoned another and who was about 2 years old I went with the mother when I disproved of her. The circumstances under which I purchased her was peculiar & if I am to see you will state to you orally." He copies a previous letter written to Mr. Earl stating Phelps' inquiry into Woodbridge's connection with slaveholding.
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Correspondence
  4. History
  5. Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus) 1805 1847
  6. Slaver
  7. Slavery
  8. United States
  9. Woodbridge, Jonathan Edwards 1799 1881

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