Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Mass., to Richard Davis Webb, Jan. ...
May praises the support of the abolition cause in its early days by its English friends and discusses the controversies between the English and American abolitionists during the war. He speaks of the attitude o... More
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Baltimore, [Md.], to Ephraim Willi...
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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Newburyport, [Mass.], to Frances M...
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Letter from Samuel Fessenden, Windham County, Vermont, to William Lloy...
Samuel Fessenden enthusiastically approves of William Lloyd Garrison establishing the paper The Liberator and orders a copy. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison describing his happiness to hear that Garrison is "about establishing a paper in Boston." Forten declares, "I hope your efforts may not be in vain; and may the 'Lib... More
Letter from John Shoemaker Tyson, [Baltimore, Maryland], [1830]
This document lists a series of questions, or "interrogatives," that were written by "John S. Tyson At[torne]y for Def[endan]t" to ask witnesses supporting Garrison in his defence. Some of these questions are, ... More
Appointment of Ebenezer Steadman, John Fitz, William Woart, and John R...
This document addressed to Ebenezer Steadman, John Fitz, William Woart, and John R. Hudson, notifies them that they "are appointed Commissioners to examine witnesses in a cause depending in Baltimore County Cou... More
Newspaper clipping: "Garrison's Second Trial. Baltimore County Court. ...
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Letter from Arthur Tappan, New York, [New York], to William Lloyd Garr...
In this typed copy of a letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Arthur Tappan calls Garrison's project "a noble enterprise". He says that while he is "not sufficiently acquainted with you [to judge] whether you posse... More
Letter from Arthur Tappan, New York, [New York], to William Lloyd Garr...
In this typed copy of a letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Arthur Tappan calls Garrison's project "a noble enterprise". He says that while he is "not sufficiently acquainted with you [to judge] whether you posse... More
Letter from Samuel Edmund Sewall, State St[reet, Boston, Massachusetts...
Samuel E. Sewall writes to William Lloyd Garrison telling him that it is "important if you wish your lecture to be well attended" to place a notice in Boston newspapers. Sewall advises Garrison to contact the "... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Llo...
Samuel Joseph May writes to William Lloyd Garrison sending him money to pay for the Liberator and commenting that it was best Garrison did not come to Brooklyn to lecture, as May had requested, because the "roa... More
Letter from Simeon Smith Jocelyn, New Haven, [Connecticut], to William...
Simeon S. Jocelyn writes to William Lloyd Garrison mentioning the "disgraceful doings of our city" and the need to educate the public about "the necessity of improvement of the free colored people". He tells Ga... More
Letter from Simeon Smith Jocelyn, New Haven, [Connecticut], to William...
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Simeon S. Jocelyn declares that "Sweet Reliance now on God - holy fortitude and .. patient zeal must characterize our step in this majestic and glorious cause." He then... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Llo...
Samuel Joseph may writes to William Lloyd Garrison asking why he did not stop in Brooklyn on his return, telling him that "I have looked for you every day for a fortnight." He tells Garrison he "wrote anew my S... More
Letter from Simeon Smith Jocelyn, New Haven, [Connecticut], to William...
Simeon S. Jocelyn writes to William Lloyd Garrison telling him he is "anxious" to receive the Liberator and thinks he "may to some extent promote its circulation here" with the help of I.L. Cross. He says he wa... More
Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, James Forten sends him "two numbers of the Pennsylvania Inquirer, containing some strictures on the repeal of the Marriage Law in Massachusetts." He criticizes the auth... More
Letter from George Cary, Pittsburg, to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 Ju...
George Cary writes to William Lloyd Garrison requesting that Garrison send a number of the Liberator to his residence in Cincinnati, Ohio. He declares the sentiments expressed in the Liberator "exactly accord w... More
Letter from Ellis Gray Loring, No. 27 State Street, [Boston, Massachus...
Ellis Gray Loring writes to William Lloyd Garrison informing him that he was "by an unanimous vote, elected a member of the Franklin Debating Society." Loring continues to state that the next meeting will be "p... More
Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, James Forten sends him "two numbers of the Pennsylvania Inquirer, containing some strictures on the repeal of the Marriage Law in Massachusetts." He criticizes the auth... More
Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison telling him "the Liberator is highly valued here by all who have had opportunity to judge of it and others who have already heard of it are very anxious to peruse i... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Llo...
Samuel Joseph May writes to William Lloyd Garrison asking what he is "doing in the great cause you have espoused and with what success." May reports that "slavery has been the topic of frequent conversations" i... More
Letter from Arthur Tappan, New York, [New York], to William Lloyd Garr...
In this typed copy of a letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Arthur Tappan sends Garrison $100 "to be applied to the distribution of your paper to the leading men in our country." He also encourages Garrison to us... More
Letter from Francis Wayland, Providence, [Rhode Island], to William Ll...
In this typed copy of a letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Francis Wayland explains his reasons for requesting Garrison stop sending him the Liberator. Wayland states that while he "believe[s] as strongly as any... More
Letter from Arthur Tappan, New York, [New York], to William Lloyd Garr...
In this typed copy of a letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Arthur Tappan acknowledges the receipt of Garrison's last letter and says that Garrison's explanation about copies of the Liberator appearing in Charles... More
Letter from Lydia White, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Ll...
Lydia White writes to William Lloyd Garrison after hearing "that the people of Boston and New Hampshire are becoming uneasy with using the produce of slave labor". She regrets, "that we have not a full supply a... More
Letter from Simeon Smith Jocelyn, New Haven, [Connecticut], to William...
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Simeon S. Jocelyn asks Garrison to send him copies of his "Address to the People of Color" for him to sell in New Haven, asking, "Why cannot thousands of them be sold i... More
Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison regretting that "Mrs. Stansbury of Trenton, N[ew] Jersey has presented 1,000 dollars to the Colonization Society" when the funds could be better used to encourage "... More
Letter from Philadelphia, [Pa.], to William Lloyd Garrison, November 3...
The females of Philadelphia enclose a small sum to William Lloyd Garrison to support his work in the abolitionist cause and to aid him in "giving a more extensive circulation to the Liberator." Courtesy of Bost... More
Letter from Arthur Tappan, New York, [New York], to William Lloyd Garr...
In this typed copy of a letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Arthur Tappan sends Garrison $100 "to be applied to the distribution of your paper to the leading men in our country." He also encourages Garrison to us... More
Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison telling him "the Liberator is highly valued here by all who have had opportunity to judge of it and others who have already heard of it are very anxious to peruse i... More
Letter from Arthur Tappan, New York, [New York], to William Lloyd Garr...
In this typed copy of a letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Arthur Tappan sends Garrison $100 "to be applied to the distribution of your paper to the leading men in our country." He also encourages Garrison to us... More
Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison sending him the latest annual report from the [American] Colonization Society and discussing the Independence Day speech of John Quincy Adams. Forten says that he a... More
Letter from Arthur Tappan, New York, [New York], to William Lloyd Garr...
In this typed copy of a letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Arthur Tappan describes a letter he received from a Charleston, South Carolina, "which stated that there had been much excitement there in consequence o... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Lloyd G...
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Samuel Joseph May praises Garrison's "fearless, self-devoted spirit" in the antislavery cause and confesses that Garrison's "arguments and facts fully convinced my unde... More
Letter from Lydia White, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Ll...
Lydia White writes to William Lloyd Garrison sharing her desire to assist in "the support and circulation of the Liberator" and sending Garrison the names of four new subscribers, promising to "cheerfully embra... More
Letter from Arthur Tappan, New York, [New York], to William Lloyd Garr...
In this typed copy of a letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Arthur Tappan sends Garrison $100 "to be applied to the distribution of your paper to the leading men in our country." He also encourages Garrison to us... More
Letter from Ralph Randolph Gurley, Office of the Col. Society, Washing...
Ralph Randolph Gurley begins the letter: "As you have given publication in your paper on the 23'd of July & of the 13th of August to certain statements in regard to myself which are untrue. I trust you will do ... More
Letter from Robert Dale Owen, New York, [New York], to William Lloyd G...
Robert Dale Owen writes to William Lloyd Garrison sending him "a pamphlet now very rare if not altogether out of print," that belonged to his father, Robert Owen. He tells Garrison that "Though differing on the... More
Letter from Lydia White, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Ll...
Lydia White writes to William Lloyd Garrison after hearing "that the people of Boston and New Hampshire are becoming uneasy with using the produce of slave labor". She regrets, "that we have not a full supply a... More
Letter from Charles Wheeler Denison, Stonington, [Conn.], to William L...
Charles Wheeler Denison apologizes for not having done more for the slave and the abolitionist cause. Denison first heard of William Lloyd Garrison through Prentice, "late of the Hartford Review." Denison has f... More
Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William L...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison telling him "the Liberator is highly valued here by all who have had opportunity to judge of it and others who have already heard of it are very anxious to peruse i... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Llo...
Samuel Joseph May writes to William Lloyd Garrison sending him "eight pages more of my sermon." He explains that he has enlarged it since it was delivered in Boston and has preached this newer sermon to his con... More
Letter from James Forten, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Llo...
James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison pleased that Garrison "is still urging onward unintimidated by the many threats of personal violence from the South." He discusses the Southern hatred for the Liber... More
Letter from Sophia Louisa Little, to William Lloyd Garrison and Amos A...
Sophia Little writes William Lloyd Garrison and Amos Augustus Phelps a religious discourse on slavery, expressing her disagreement with Joseph Boyle's assertion that "God wills to destroy utterly this people", ... More
Letter from Maria Weston Chapman to Elizur Wright, [Not after 15 Sept....
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Letter from Simeon Smith Jocelyn, New Haven, [Connecticut], to William...
Simeon Smith Jocelyn writes to William Lloyd Garrison discussing the attached circular, telling Garrison it has been "two years since I penned the brief description of slavery on the opposite side of this sheet... More
Letter from James Ballard, Bennington, [Vermont], to William Lloyd Gar...
James Ballard writes to William Lloyd Garrison requesting him to send him a copy of his "book against the Colonization Society" (Garrison's "Thoughts on African Colonization") and giving him two dollars to pay ... More
Letter from Samuel Fessenden, Portland, [Maine], to William Lloyd Garr...
Samuel Fessenden regrets that he is unable to attend the annual meeting of the New England Anti-Slavery Society. Judge Prentiss Mellen and Stephen Longfellow have been converted by William Lloyd Garrison's "Tho... More
Letter from James Miller M'Kim, [Place of publication not identified],...
James Miller M'Kim accepts Garrison's article published in the Liberator as a response to his previous letter, and thanks him for it. M'Kim states that they are being "asked", then "warned", to "give up" a plan... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Llo...
Samuel J. May writes to William Lloyd Garrison requesting a copy of an earlier Liberator as he "wish[es] to preserve a complete file." He then comments on some recent articles in the Liberator before discussing... More
Letter from Harriet Winslow Sewall, Melrose, [Mass.], to William Lloyd...
Harriet Winslow Sewall regrets not having been inspired to write anything suitable for the Liberty Bell. She encloses a "trifle which may assist in the bodily development of the little book tho' I cannot contri... More
Letter from Arnold Buffum, Andover, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd ...
Arnold Buffum writes to William Lloyd Garrison describing his lecture delivered in "the large town Hall in Lowell" to what was "said to be the largest audience ever assembled there." Buffum reports that "we hav... More
Letter from Amos Augustus Phelps, to William Lloyd Garrison
A. A. Phelps writes to William Lloyd Garrison that he takes exception to [Oliver] Johnson’s remark that antislavery “has moved forward thus far not only without the aid, but against the combined influence of th... More
Letter from Theodore Parker to William Lloyd Garrison, Sept[ember] 14
Theodore Parker writes to William Lloyd Garrison asking him to tell "Mr. Jackson & Capt[ain] Bearse that I can't go with the pleasant company tomorrow - I must attend a funeral." Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Llo...
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Samuel Joseph May writes that the letter will be given to Garrison "by Mr. [Charles] Webber a worthy young man who is engaged to publish our paper and now goes to Bosto... More
Letter from A Slave Holder, Camden Court House, N[orth] C[arolina], to...
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, "A Slave Holder" insists that Garrison stop sending his newspaper, the Liberator, "to a female at the South whose rights you have trampled upon long enough .." The auth... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Llo...
Samuel J. May writes to William Lloyd Garrison requesting a copy of an earlier Liberator as he "wish[es] to preserve a complete file." He then comments on some recent articles in the Liberator before discussing... More
Letter from Arnold Buffum, Andover, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd ...
Arnold Buffum writes to William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp sending them a letter from Lowell to include in the Liberator (the letter appears in the Liberator of October 27, 1832 [Vol. II, no. 43]) and expla... More
Letter from Henry Egbert Benson, Providence, [Rhode Island], to Willia...
Henry Egbert Benson writes to William Lloyd Garrison describing his efforts "to impress upon the free People of color the importance of Sending one or two delegates to represent them in the Philad[elphi]a Conve... More
Letter from Amos Augustus Phelps, to William Lloyd Garrison
A. A. Phelps writes to William Lloyd Garrison that he takes exception to [Oliver] Johnson’s remark that antislavery “has moved forward thus far not only without the aid, but against the combined influence of th... More
Letter from J. Waring to Mary Anne Estlin
J. Waring writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to a trip to Mrs. Chapman. Waring writes, "Most of what she said has occupied my mind since, especially that about Mr. Garrison." Waring writes, "I have so satisf... More