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Letter from George William Benson, Providence, [R.I.], to Samuel Joseph May, Sept[ember] 5 1832

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.George William Benson writes Samuel Joseph May concerning a horse owned by a Mr. Adams, informing May that Adams will be in Brooklyn the following week, by which time May ought to have made up his mind concerning purchasing the horse from Adams. Benson states that he is about to reply to a writer in the "American" who favors colonization and opposes immediate emancipation, and requests May's aide should a controversy develop. Benson states that William Lloyd Garrison is expected in Providence that week.
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Africa
  3. African Americans
  4. American Colonization Society
  5. Antislavery Movements
  6. Benson, George William 1808 1879
  7. Colonization
  8. Correspondence
  9. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  10. History
  11. May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph) 1797 1871
  12. Slaver
  13. Social Reformers
  14. United States

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