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Johnson writes Garrison to urge him to be "clear and emphatic" on two points in his resolutions and address for the upcoming anniversary meeting: one, that the proposal to dissolve the American Anti-Slavery Society is not a shirking of their duties, but a readjusting to the demands of those duties to better meet them; and two, that he introduce the "question of Negro Suffrage" at such a point to gain the upper hand over Phillips on the matter. Johnson remarks that the Herald has called for African-American suffrage as part of Johnson's Reconstruction of the South. Johnson closes by informing Garrison that African American abolitionists held a meeting at Shiloh Church in which they denounced the American Anti-Slavery Society's proposal to dissolve as being guilty of "bad faith", and complains that they have hardly ever supported the Society in its abolitionist efforts.
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Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, 3 May, 1865
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Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, 3 May, 1865
description
Johnson writes Garrison to urge him to be "clear and emphatic" on two points in his resolutions and address for the upcoming anniversary meeting: one, that the proposal to dissolve the American Anti-Slavery Society is not a shirking of their duties, but a readjusting to the demands of those duties to better meet them; and two, that he introduce the "question of Negro Suffrage" at such a point to gain the upper hand over Phillips on the matter. Johnson remarks that the Herald has called for African-American suffrage as part of Johnson's Reconstruction of the South. Johnson closes by informing Garrison that African American abolitionists held a meeting at Shiloh Church in which they denounced the American Anti-Slavery Society's proposal to dissolve as being guilty of "bad faith", and complains that they have hardly ever supported the Society in its abolitionist efforts.
date
["May 3, 1865"]
year
1865
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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
4512070
creators
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Antislavery movements--Congresses--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
African Americans--Suffrage--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Congresses and conventions
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
African Americans--Suffrage
African American abolitionists
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
American Anti-Slavery Society
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
National anti-slavery standard
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1 leaf (4 p.) ; 26.1 x 20.2 cm.
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Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Letter addressed from Anti-Slavery Office.
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New York, [N.Y.]
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6w925608h
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document
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