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Letter from John Greenleaf Whittier, Amesbury, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1854 [April] 2nd
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, John Greenleaf Whittier sends him $3 "for the relief of Stephen F. Weakly," commenting, "I know of no better way to express my sympathy with him in his sufferings & my hatred of the Fugitive Slave Law which caused them." He relates a story about Daniel Webster boasting of his support among Quakers "in his action in behalf of the Fugitive Slave Law" and challenges that he wishes "a tax could be levied upon them to the full amount of the loss which our friend has sustained".
- By Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892, Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
- Dated ["April 2, 1854"]
- Held by Boston Public Library
- Part of Anti-Slavery Collection
- Rights: No known copyright restrictions.
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Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Society of Friends--United States--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Society of Friends--History
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
Weakly, Stephen F.
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
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