Letter from George Thompson, London, [England], to Richard Davis Webb, 1852 April 12

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Title:
Letter from George Thompson, London, [England], to Richard Davis Webb, 1852 April 12
Description:
George Thompson writes to Richard Davis Webb in regards to receiving from John Bishop Estlin a copy of Webb's pamphlet. He writes that the exposure of Scoble is "severe, and to prove, to them, damaging but is deserved and will be useful to the cause of truth and the slave." He reveals that Scoble while staying with him in Edinburgh, tried to "parson my mind against Garrison and the abolitionists of Boston & Philadelphia, by the most atrocious charges of impiety and licentiousness." He writes that Scoble is an enemy to the cause of the slave. During his British India labors, the new directors of the [British & Foreign anti-slavery society] misrepresented his objects as well as during the convention in 1840, they did all they could to "murder the reputations of Garrison, Rogers, Remond, the Motts, &c." In a second letter to Richard Davis Webb on April 15th, 1852, he writes more on Scoble. He writes of attending a parliament meeting in which 2500 of his constituents attended. They voted to reelect Thompson as a member of parliament. He relays a story in which a friend who is a subscriber of the Liberator, Isaac mentioned that Scoble addressed a small audience telling them he was not intending to vote for Thompson. He discusses other meetings and gossip among the English abolitionists.
Author:
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
April 12, 1852
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century
Abolitionists--England--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--Great Britain--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Publishing--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--Great Britain--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements--Great Britain
Antislavery movements--United States
Publishers and publishing
Societies
Meetings
British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Mott, James, 1788-1868
Scoble, John, 1799-1877
Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Rogers, Nathaniel Peabody, 1794-1846
Estlin, J. B. (John Bishop), 1785-1855
Places:
United Kingdom
England
Extent:
6 leaves (24 p.) ; 19 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10zq831
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
London, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5710151
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.21, p.16
Barcode:
39999086046404