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    "title": "Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Massachusetts, to John Bishop Estlin, Dec. 29, 1845",
    "description": "May begins with a long exposition of U.S. postal rates before discussing the Oregon boundary controversy, the Chambers publishing company, Jonathan Walker's \"Narrative,\" Charles Sumner's oration on \"The True Grandeur of Nations,\" and William Goodell's \"Come-Outerism: The Duty of Secession from a Corrupt Church.\" He also speaks of Wendell Phillips' \"Can Abolitionists Vote or Take Office Under the United States Constitution?\" and the \"Unitarian Annual Register for 1846.\" May discusses the Anti-Slavery Fair, a comment on the style of \"The Liberator\" and the objectionable writing of C. B. Stearns. He describes to Estlin the Oberlin Institute of Ohio and speaks of the purported death penalty for teaching slaves. He writes at length on harmony among the abolitionists and attacks Joseph Sturge for statements about the Liberty Party.",
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        "Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century",
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