Letter from Simeon Smith Jocelyn, New Haven, [Connecticut], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1832 Dec[ember] 31st

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Title:
Letter from Simeon Smith Jocelyn, New Haven, [Connecticut], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1832 Dec[ember] 31st
Description:
Simeon Smith Jocelyn writes to William Lloyd Garrison expressing his regret at not being able to attend the annual meeting of the New England Anti-Slavery Society. He asks if a letter he wrote "on the subject of the education of persons of color, slavery &c could with propriety be read at the meeting". Jocelyn then discusses "the case of nullification" and his recent lecture at Concert Hall, denouncing opposing editors as "miserable men" who "attempt to shut the mouth of truth and close the press of liberty." He also criticizes Rev. Cyril Pearl, an agent fo the American Colonization Society, for "working as it were in the dark to defeat our cause". Jocelyn then praises Garrison's article in the previous Liberator, calling it "noble-just-powerful and not to be confronted," adding, "it will awaken a thousand minds to action." He also mentions a letter he received from Beriah Green, telling Garrison he will send him an extract to be published in the Liberator and the Abolitionist.
Author:
Jocelyn, Simeon Smith, 1799-1879
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
December 31, 1832
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--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
New-England Anti-Slavery Society
Jocelyn, Simeon Smith, 1799-1879
Pearl, Cyril, 1805-1865
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 26 cm.
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Place of origin:
New Haven, [Connecticut]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5149184
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.2, p.50
Barcode:
39999086045372