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Samuel Joseph May notifies William Lloyd Garrison of his regrets to have read, in the Liberator, Garrison's editorial concerning Gerrit Smith's speech, stating that it was "contemptuous" and "untrue". May notes that Smith has ever held the conviction shared by Dr. Follen that the citizens of free, "non slave holding states" must "share in the losses of the slave holders" upon emancipation. May asserts that he lacks any doubt that Smith holds slave holders in low esteem, but adds that Smith additionally considers the "majority" of citizens in the free states "just as for slavery in their spirit - and about as guilty as those of the South", and insists that Smith is sincere in his beliefs. May concedes that while on several points Smith's reasoning seems "strange and inconsistent", he nonetheless rebukes Garrison for his "castigation" of Smith, and charges it to have been the "most unjust thing I ever knew you to do".
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Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Sep[tember] 12 1857
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Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Sep[tember] 12 1857
description
Samuel Joseph May notifies William Lloyd Garrison of his regrets to have read, in the Liberator, Garrison's editorial concerning Gerrit Smith's speech, stating that it was "contemptuous" and "untrue". May notes that Smith has ever held the conviction shared by Dr. Follen that the citizens of free, "non slave holding states" must "share in the losses of the slave holders" upon emancipation. May asserts that he lacks any doubt that Smith holds slave holders in low esteem, but adds that Smith additionally considers the "majority" of citizens in the free states "just as for slavery in their spirit - and about as guilty as those of the South", and insists that Smith is sincere in his beliefs. May concedes that while on several points Smith's reasoning seems "strange and inconsistent", he nonetheless rebukes Garrison for his "castigation" of Smith, and charges it to have been the "most unjust thing I ever knew you to do".
date
["September 12, 1857"]
year
1857
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No known copyright restrictions.
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
4698948
creators
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
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Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Follen, Charles, 1796-1840
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Correspondence
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1 leaf (3 p.) ; 12.5 x 20.3 cm.
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Holograph, signed.
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Syracuse, [N.Y.]
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5h73zx542
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