Letter from Mary Anne Estlin, Bristol, [England], to Mr. Pearsall, 1852 February 23

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Title:
Letter from Mary Anne Estlin, Bristol, [England], to Mr. Pearsall, 1852 February 23
Description:
Mary Anne Estlin writes to Mr. Pearsall regarding Mrs. Tribe's request to send extracts from a letter from Mrs. M.W. Chapman in reference to an attack recently made on the abolitionists in the "B.Banner" and the "authentic reports of the A.S. Meeting & speeches as New York in 1850, in order to show you how little reliance can be placed on the authorities quoted by Dr. Campbell." He writes that the "Liberator" includes this information. Mrs. Tribe also wanted her to include the "Reply of Wm. Garrison to the Editor of the Moral Advertiser, who had bought forward the often repeated charge against him of intruding peculiar theological opinions into the Antislavery agitations." She writes that Mrs. Pearsall was disturbed by an article in the British Banner and feated that the (Bristol) antislavery society would compromise its principles by "co-operating with the through going American Abolitionists, & this I presume was the reason of Mrs. Tribe's wishing the proofs to the contrary to be placed before you." She writes that those who have watched the antislavery movement and raise the cry of "infidelity" against the abolitionists are diverting attention from the fact that "professing Christians are leaving it to those whom they term 'infidels' to do their work." She writes that until the Churches of America have changed their course, & the Churches of England have ceased to sanction them in their inaction, the same grievances will continue to occur. The Bristol society finds Reverend Ed. Mathews a "valuable auxiliary" because he has abundant information on the connection of different religious bodies in America with slaveholding.
Author:
Estlin, Mary Anne, 1820-1902
Addressee:
Pearsall, Mr.
Date:
February 23, 1852
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--England--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Christianity--United States--19th century
Christianity--Great Britain--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Newspapers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--England--History--19th century
Women social reformers--England--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Publishing--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Christianity--United States
Christianity--Great Britain
Antislavery movements--United States
Meetings
Antislavery movements--Great Britain
Christianity
Women abolitionists
Women social reformers
Societies
Publishers and publishing
British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society
Bristol and Clifton Ladies' Anti-slavery Society
Estlin, Mary Anne, 1820-1902
Pearsall, Mr.
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Places:
United Kingdom
England
Extent:
2 leaves (7 p.) ; 21 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10z709v
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Bristol, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript contains annotations on the last page in pencil in a different handwriting that say "...we had to keep writing after Dr. Campbell's articles came out in the spring. Mr. Pearsall is a...Minister who would not let Mr. Ed. Mathews lecture in his chapel when our committee applied."
Identifier:
5122760
Call #:
MS A.9.2 v.26, p.12
Barcode:
39999085430682