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Letter from Henry Egbert Benson, Providence, R.I., to William Lloyd Garrison, Aug. 30th, 1833

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Holograph, signed.Oversize manuscript.Henry Egbert Benson mentions the formation of the Providence Anti-Slavery Society with Josiah Cady as the president. Samuel Joseph May is helping them and defending Prudence Crandall. Henry Egbert Benson gives an account of Prudence Crandall's trial and persecution. The American Colonization Society has sanctioned Prudence Crandall's persecution. Nicholas Brown is president of the Colonization Society. The Colonization Society has appointed Andrew T. Judson as its agent. Another school for black children was founded by Mrs. Arthur Tappan.
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Africa
  3. African Americans
  4. Antislavery Movements
  5. Benson, Henry Egbert 1814 1837
  6. Brown, Nicholas 1769 1841
  7. Cady, Josiah 1778 1853
  8. Colonization
  9. Correspondence
  10. Crandall, Prudence 1803 1890
  11. Education
  12. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  13. History
  14. Judson, Andrew T. (Andrew Thompson) 1784 1853
  15. May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph) 1797 1871
  16. Slaver
  17. United States

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