Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass], to William Lloyd Garrison, [September] 8th [1872]

Samuel May, Jr. writes William Lloyd Garrison thanking him for his delivery of a copy of the "Journal" containing Garrison's commentary on Charles Sumner's "(intended) Faneuil Hall speech". May offers his sympathies to Garrison in having to, after contending with the "avowed enemies of liberty" on behalf of the slave, the task of "withstanding Charles Sumner's efforts in behalf of the foes of the Negro, of freedom, and of the Nation". May expresses his surprise and dismay that Charles Sumner, of all people, could become "the dupe of Rebels & Slaveholders". May criticizes Horace Greeley for his having advised freedmen in the South to "look for the protection of their rights as citizens" to the "dominant race".
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