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[Letter to] Dear Garrison [manuscript]
1858-01-01T00:00:00Z
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871, Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879, recipient
Holograph, signed
- Title:
- [Letter to] Dear Garrison [manuscript]
- Creator:
- May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871, Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879, recipient
- Date Created:
- 1858-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Description:
Holograph, signed
Title devised by cataloger
Manuscript is composed on the reverse of a typeset of a circular entitled "To the Friends of the Fugitive", advertising one "William Brown" as an imposter posing as an agent of the non-existant "African Aid Society" to defraud those seeking passage along the Underground Railroad through Syracuse to Canada
Samuel Joseph May forwards to William Lloyd Garrison a circular which he wishes Garrison to publish in the pages of the Liberator, if he has not already done so, stating that William Brown has "done the Under Ground Rail Road much harm"
Item details
- Partner:
- Internet Archive
- Contributing Institution:
- Boston Public Library
- Subjects:
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Loguen, Jermain Wesley
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Antislavery movements
Abolitionists
Social reformers
Underground Railroad
Fugitive slaves
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- Publisher:
- Syracuse, [N.Y.]