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Reuben Whitcomb Jr. writes to Amos A. Phelps about availability of maintaining a Mission in the West Indies. He writes that "if Slavery in our land is so great an evil as it is thought to be, if the emancipated in the West Indies are left to group in darkness, and sink deeper in ignorance, and certainly no good influence will be affected to Great the Yoke here, but if they should be educated & instructed in the sciences, morals & religion, & thus devoted, the effect must be good, as it respects the great evil to be censored in our nation." He asks Phelps to put his name down on the call for a congregational conception.
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Letter from Reuben Whitcomb, Jr, Harvard, [Massachusetts], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1842 May 12
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title
Letter from Reuben Whitcomb, Jr, Harvard, [Massachusetts], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1842 May 12
description
Reuben Whitcomb Jr. writes to Amos A. Phelps about availability of maintaining a Mission in the West Indies. He writes that "if Slavery in our land is so great an evil as it is thought to be, if the emancipated in the West Indies are left to group in darkness, and sink deeper in ignorance, and certainly no good influence will be affected to Great the Yoke here, but if they should be educated & instructed in the sciences, morals & religion, & thus devoted, the effect must be good, as it respects the great evil to be censored in our nation." He asks Phelps to put his name down on the call for a congregational conception.
date
["May 12, 1842"]
year
1842
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No known copyright restrictions.
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
5081552
creators
Whitcomb, Reuben, Jr.
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Missions--West Indies
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Meetings
Christianity
Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States
Missions
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Whitcomb, Reuben, Jr.
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Correspondence
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1 leaf (2 p.) ; 33 cm.
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Holograph, signed.
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Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper.
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Harvard, [Massachusetts]
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2v23xn42h
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