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Henry C. Wright writes to WIlliam Lloyd Garrison after receiving the Liberator and advises Garrison that "Liberty is worth dying for but not worth killing for." Wright then tells him that "the colored people are to have a celebration in Boston" and he wishes to attend, noting "the great Blessing of 1863 is to come". He casts the Civil War as divine punishment for slavery and warns that "God is stronger than Lincoln or the Democratic or Reprublican party - stronger than millions of armed battalions" and he asserts that God wants African-Americans to stay in the United States. Wright states that while "it is hard to see my fellow beings slaughtered & mutilated - [it is] but harder to see them dehumanized & turned into beasts & chattels."
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2v23xm33b
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Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, Oakland, Penn[sylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]62 Dec[ember] 22
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2v23xm33b
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title
Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, Oakland, Penn[sylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]62 Dec[ember] 22
description
Henry C. Wright writes to WIlliam Lloyd Garrison after receiving the Liberator and advises Garrison that "Liberty is worth dying for but not worth killing for." Wright then tells him that "the colored people are to have a celebration in Boston" and he wishes to attend, noting "the great Blessing of 1863 is to come". He casts the Civil War as divine punishment for slavery and warns that "God is stronger than Lincoln or the Democratic or Reprublican party - stronger than millions of armed battalions" and he asserts that God wants African-Americans to stay in the United States. Wright states that while "it is hard to see my fellow beings slaughtered & mutilated - [it is] but harder to see them dehumanized & turned into beasts & chattels."
date
["[December 22, 1862]"]
year
1862
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No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
5076196
creators
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Christianity
Social reformers--United States
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
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Correspondence
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1 leaf (4 p.) ; 21 cm.
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Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white, lined paper. Above the salutation, the number "141" is written in pencil.
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Oakland, Penn[sylvania]
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2v23xm33b
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document
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1
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photo
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