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Letter from Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Worcester, [Massachusetts], to Theodore Parker, 1854 Dec[ember] 1

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Thomas Wentworth Higginson writes to Theodore Parker in regards to Parker's indictment for a speech made at Fanueil Hall on the Anthony Burns case. His speech incited a riot resulting in the death of one of the Marshal's guards. He writes, "The breach must [widen?] till there is a division & perhaps a civil war."
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Burns, Anthony 1834 1862
  4. Correspondence
  5. Fugitive Slaves
  6. Higginson, Thomas Wentworth 1823 1911
  7. History
  8. Lectures And Lecturing
  9. Legal Status, Laws, Etc
  10. Parker, Theodore 1810 1860
  11. Slaver
  12. United States

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