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Letter from J.C.A. Smith, Manchester, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1851 August 6th

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Smith, J. C. A

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. In the head- spine corner of the first page, a small checkmark and the number "89" have both been drawn in pencil.J.C.A. Smith writes to William Lloyd Garrison about his traveling companion, Henry Box Brown, telling Garrison that since arriving in England and their tour began having some success, "it seems that he is not the same man". Smith details how Brown has mistreated him, taking their money and excluding him from their joint tour, even rewriting a copy of a notice Brown presented to him, to show Garrison how Brown has cut him out. Smith calls Brown "a bad one ... for if he would treat a man in this manner that have given him ade in gaining his liberty besides any thing else". He explains that a reason for Brown's conduct could be that before their trip, Smith wrote the owner of Brown's wife and children about purchasing them and received a reply that they could be bought for $1500. Brown then told people that only his children could be bought, which Smith corrected to include his wife as well. Smith supposes that, "I think that has given so much offence to him and made him try to do me this harm - for he is after getting a wife in this Country - one of the English fair sex - and he did not like my telling about his...
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