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Experience Billings writes to Maria Weston Chapman in regards to praising Maria for her published work. She gives an account of the anti-slavery cause in her neighborhood. She writes that "the ministers are both on the wrong side & Mr. Poor has fix't his people so that all their labor is to oppose Mr. Garrison's sabbath views." She has spent much time with the young abolitionists, but their parents don't encourage them. She gives individual instances of ignorance in the anti-slavery field. She discusses practical matters of boxes and bonnets for the anti-slavery fair.
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Letter from Experience Billings, Foxborough, [Massachusetts], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1840 August 31
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title
Letter from Experience Billings, Foxborough, [Massachusetts], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1840 August 31
description
Experience Billings writes to Maria Weston Chapman in regards to praising Maria for her published work. She gives an account of the anti-slavery cause in her neighborhood. She writes that "the ministers are both on the wrong side & Mr. Poor has fix't his people so that all their labor is to oppose Mr. Garrison's sabbath views." She has spent much time with the young abolitionists, but their parents don't encourage them. She gives individual instances of ignorance in the anti-slavery field. She discusses practical matters of boxes and bonnets for the anti-slavery fair.
date
["August 31, 1840"]
year
1840
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
5989769
creators
Billings, Experience
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century--Correspondence
Women social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Anti-slavery fairs--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Lectures and lecturing--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Publishing--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Societies
Lectures and lecturing
Slavery and the church--United States
Publishers and publishing
Women's rights--United States--History--19th century
Billings, Experience
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
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Correspondence
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1 leaf (4 p.) ; 33 cm.
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ht24xg10q
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Holograph, signed.
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Foxborough, [Massachusetts]
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2z110z73j
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document
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photo
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