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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Roxbury, [Mass.], to James Miller M'Kim, May 29, 1874

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Holograph, signed.William Lloyd Garrison discusses death and the Christian doctrine of the immortality of the soul. He disapproves of the "false teachings of priestcraft [sic] respecting the fate of those who do not subscribe to its dogmas, whereby is determined everlastingly the doom of the soul at the time of its separation from the mortal body; ..." He hopes that J. Miller M'Kim will recover sufficient strength to make the trip to Florida next winter. Garrison attended the William C. Nell's funeral.
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Correspondence
  4. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  5. History
  6. M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller) 1810 1874
  7. Nell, William C. (William Cooper) 1816 1874
  8. Slaver
  9. United States

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