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Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Mass., to Abby Hopper Gibbons, June 11, '58

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Manuscript, signed.This letter does not appear to be entirely in the hand of Samuel May.Title supplied by cataloger.May writes again after conferring with William Lloyd Garrison about Mrs. Gibbon's problems. He reports that Garrison urges supporting the fugitive slave cause, immediately holding the New York Anti-Slavery Fair, and forming a Vigilance Committee from various independent anti-slavery organizations. He mentions Albany, Syracuse, and Rochester as stations on the Underground Railroad.
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Correspondence
  4. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  5. Gibbons, Abby Hopper 1801 1893
  6. History
  7. May, Samuel, Jr. 1810 1899
  8. Slaver
  9. United States

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