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Martin Stowell writes to William Lloyd Garrison to share "a fact or two which may be of some use to some friend of humanity and which may serve to show the hollow hearted hypocracy [sic] of some of the leading men in the Nation." Stowell discusses his background to Garrison and describes a pastor who encouraged him to join the Navy, which led to his service on the ship, Decatur, working to prevent the transatlantic slave trade. He details an encounter with a slave ship, including its boarding and dismissal by the captain, "to the astonishment and disappointment of nearly if not quite all on board." Stowell takes the incident as proof that "every manner of villany [sic] [is] carried on by those from whom we are taught by our hypocritical Priests to respect and obey." He encloses two dollars (not included) for a Liberator subscription for another resident in Warren and signs the letter, "Yours for the exposure of hypocracy [sic]".
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Letter from Martin Stowell, Warren, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1848 March 5th
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title
Letter from Martin Stowell, Warren, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1848 March 5th
description
Martin Stowell writes to William Lloyd Garrison to share "a fact or two which may be of some use to some friend of humanity and which may serve to show the hollow hearted hypocracy [sic] of some of the leading men in the Nation." Stowell discusses his background to Garrison and describes a pastor who encouraged him to join the Navy, which led to his service on the ship, Decatur, working to prevent the transatlantic slave trade. He details an encounter with a slave ship, including its boarding and dismissal by the captain, "to the astonishment and disappointment of nearly if not quite all on board." Stowell takes the incident as proof that "every manner of villany [sic] [is] carried on by those from whom we are taught by our hypocritical Priests to respect and obey." He encloses two dollars (not included) for a Liberator subscription for another resident in Warren and signs the letter, "Yours for the exposure of hypocracy [sic]".
date
["March 5, 1848"]
year
1848
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
5053543
creators
Stowell, Martin, 1822-1862
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
Slave trade--Africa, West--History
Social reformers--United States
Decatur (Sloop of war)
Stowell, Martin, 1822-1862
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
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Correspondence
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1 leaf (4 p.) ; 32 x 21 cm.
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Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on blue paper. Above the salutation, a checkmark is drawn next to the number "20", both in pencil, while in the head- fore corner, there is a purple, oval stamp containing the words, "Garrison MSS."
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Warren, [Massachusetts]
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2v23x995g
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document
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photo
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