Letter from Luther Wiswall, Brooks, [Maine], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1845 Nov[ember] 5

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Title:
Letter from Luther Wiswall, Brooks, [Maine], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1845 Nov[ember] 5
Description:
Luther Wiswall writes to Amos A. Phelps regarding a discussion between Phelps and others in the Boston Recorder concerning slavery. He writes about the distinction between servitude and slavery, servant and slave. He writes, "What if the abolitionists do prove that among the Jews and early Cs servitude was allowed only in its milder forms, freed from its abuses, still it was a mild form of Slavery very much perhaps like that among the Indian or like that of God southern Slaveholders." He also includes a second letter, dated January 10, 1846, in which he encloses $5.
Author:
Wiswall, Luther, 1801-1885
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
November 5, 1845
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Publishing--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Newspapers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Christianity
Slavery and the church--United States
Publishers and publishing
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Wiswall, Luther, 1801-1885
Boston recorder
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 27 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xt176
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Place of origin:
Brooks, [Maine]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. There is the number "76" written in pencil.
Identifier:
5099874
Call #:
MS A.21 v.15, p.76
Barcode:
39999085426433