Letter from Thomas Wentworth Higginson, William Lloyd Garrion, Daniel Mann, and Wendell Phillips, Worcester, [Massachusetts], 1857 July 8

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Title:
Letter from Thomas Wentworth Higginson, William Lloyd Garrion, Daniel Mann, and Wendell Phillips, Worcester, [Massachusetts], 1857 July 8
Description:
This printed circular announces that the State Disunion Convention, which met at Worcester in January, has "recommended a National Convention, based on the same principles, during the present year." The circular declares that the Convention "established the question of Union or Disunion, as an open question, among a large and influential class who have hitherto shrunk from the consideration of the subject." The authors refer to recent events in the country like the Fugitive Slave law, the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and the Dred Scott decision, commenting that with these tensions, the nation is in "a truce, not a peace ... Not a wrong is yet redressed." They also criticize Republican leaders as having an attitute of "timidity and compromise" and compare that with "the mass of Republican voters, [who] in many States, are becoming more radically anti-slavery." The circular outlines the appeal of the Disunion Convention and asks the recipient to add their name to the call so that "the existence and wide distribution of this sentiment will be exhibited, and increased interest will be given to the Convention. It is signed by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Wendell Phillips, Daniel Mann, and William Lloyd Garrison.
Author:
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
Signer:
Mann, Daniel, 1811-1892
Signer:
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Signer:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
July 8, 1857
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Ephemera
Genre:
Circulars
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
Secession--United States--History--19th century
Slavery--Political aspects--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Secession
Social reformers--United States
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
State Disunion Convention (1857 : Worcester, Mass.)
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z1107982
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Worcester, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Title devised by cataloger.
This circular is printed in the Liberators of July 24, 1857 (Vol. XXVII, no. 30) and August 21, 1857 (Vol. XXVII, no. 34).
Identifier:
5861211
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.27, p.14
Barcode:
39999085840179