Letter from Sarah Moore Grimkè, Fort Lee, to Elizabeth Pease Nichol, 1839 August 25

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Sarah Moore Grimkè, Fort Lee, to Elizabeth Pease Nichol, 1839 August 25
Description:
Sarah Moore Grimkè writes to Elizabeth Pease Nichol regarding a conversation she had with John Scoble, who gave an account of the freed slaves in the West Indies and their former masters. She introduces Sarah M. Douglas of Philadelphia, who shows "the existence & extent of prejudice among Friends, this family has suffered deeply from this unbalanced & cruel feeling" because her brother Robert Douglas was trying to visit England "to obtain further instructions & the means of improvement in his profession as a portrait painter" but was refused a passport on "account of his color." She writes about her anxiety over Charles Stuart who was expected in Jamaica in June.
Addressee:
Nichol, Elizabeth Pease, 1807-1897
Author:
Grimké, Sarah, 1792-1873
Date:
August 25, 1839
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Race relations--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century--Correspondence
Women social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Slavery--West Indies--19th century
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Segragation--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Race relations
Women abolitionists--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Slavery--West Indies
Antislavery movements--United States
Christianity
Segregation--United States
Racism--United States--History--19th century
Societies
Nichol, Elizabeth Pease, 1807-1897
Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879
Grimké, Sarah, 1792-1873
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 26 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10z151m
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Fort Lee
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript contains a purple postmarked stamp that says "Garrison Mss."
Identifier:
5114721
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.8, p.59
Barcode:
39999085430310