Letter from Anne Knight, Paris, [France], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1838 [July] 14

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Title:
Letter from Anne Knight, Paris, [France], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1838 [July] 14
Description:
Anne Knight writes to William Lloyd Garrison thanking him for his last letter and sharing her "prediction that your march to emancipation will not be a very lengthy one." She comments that the British planters embraced "emancipation from motives of self-interest, they only wanted to see if & how much more they could plunder from an outraged people in the form of compensation," hoping that after "African liberty may be obtained ... then - the Hill Coolies!" Knight blames "the villainous [William Ewart] Gladstone" for the plight of the Hill Coolies and shares her belief that while the "slave trade [was] nominally suppressed but really [it] doubled with added horrors of the middle passage ..." She also states she "hope[s] Texas will not be added to the slaveries of your republican aristocracy," saying she "long[s] to see your glorious country freed from its vile chains & flourishing over its head a legitimate star-spangled banner." Knight closes her letter asking for Garrison to send her his portrait "by first opportunity."
Author:
Knight, Anne, 1786-1862
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[July 14, 1838]
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
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--England--History--19th century
Abolitionists
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Women abolitionists
Texas--Annexation to the United States
Knight, Anne, 1786-1862
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
England
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 23 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z111c88t
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Place of origin:
Paris, [France]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On the last page, under the autograph, the letter is addressed to "W.L. Garrison America."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5745454
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.7, p.42
Barcode:
39999086048673