Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
John Greenleaf Whittier writes to William Lloyd Garrison to express his "hearty sympathy" with Garrison after reading about the "disgraceful details of the outrage upon Free Speech at your late meeting in New York." Whittier says that while he and Garrison may not agree about every detail in the antislavery movement, "when the right to advocate emancipation in any shape is called in question, it is no time to split hairs". Whittier calls Garrison, along with Wendell Phillips and Frederick Douglass, "practical believers in the Declaration of Independence", and warns that "the great battle for free speech & free assembling is to be fought over." He also seees the popularity and "treachery of [Daniel] Webster & the backing he has received from Andover [Theological Seminary] and Harvard [University] show that we have nothing to hope for from the great political parties & religious sects" in the fight against slavery.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
2z10z295w
label
Letter from John Greenleaf Whittier, Amesbury, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1850 [May] 13th
core
obj
dtoType
document
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
2z10z295w
contentType
document
stage
normalized
title
Letter from John Greenleaf Whittier, Amesbury, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1850 [May] 13th
description
John Greenleaf Whittier writes to William Lloyd Garrison to express his "hearty sympathy" with Garrison after reading about the "disgraceful details of the outrage upon Free Speech at your late meeting in New York." Whittier says that while he and Garrison may not agree about every detail in the antislavery movement, "when the right to advocate emancipation in any shape is called in question, it is no time to split hairs". Whittier calls Garrison, along with Wendell Phillips and Frederick Douglass, "practical believers in the Declaration of Independence", and warns that "the great battle for free speech & free assembling is to be fought over." He also seees the popularity and "treachery of [Daniel] Webster & the backing he has received from Andover [Theological Seminary] and Harvard [University] show that we have nothing to hope for from the great political parties & religious sects" in the fight against slavery.
date
["[May 13, 1850]"]
year
1850
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
5119293
creators
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
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
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Freedom of speech--United States--History
Social reformers--United States
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
genreBasic
Correspondence
Manuscripts
typeOfResource
Text
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
extent
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 25 cm.
hasTranscription
yes
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
ht24xg10q
notes
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso the letter is addressed to "Wm Lloyd Garrison Boston" and the remains of a red seal are visible along the spine edge of the page.
The letter is printed in the Liberator of May 20, 1850 (Vol. XX, No. 20).
pubPlace
Amesbury, [Massachusetts]
dcId
2z10z295w
type
document
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
f5649b642862597d