Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Ap[ril] 16. 1863

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Title:
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Ap[ril] 16. 1863
Description:
Samuel Joseph May informs William Lloyd Garrison that Theodore Weld had left them on the morning of the 7th, and that he would forward Garrison's letter to Amboy, New Jersey, where he believed Weld to be at present. May writes that Weld had delivered three lectures while in Syracuse, including one at May's church, and confesses that it was the first time he had heard Weld speak. May asserts that Weld's lectures were "too long" and "exhaustive", but adds that there were many times in which Weld's speeches were "very powerful", and states that he had "never heard a better lecture" despite its "fatiguing" duration. May declares his hopes that Weld will speak at the annual meeting in New York City. May informs Garrison that his own attendance is dependant upon his convincing his wife to accept an invitation to visit her brother, as he is loathe to leave her on her own in Syracuse. May asserts that the course of events in the United States is proving to "be working together to a better result" than "if this Rebellion had been quashed" immediately, arguing that slavery will now be abolished as a result of the war. May asserts that the war is the just result of the United States failing to heed Garrison's call to abolish slavery, and that both North and South will be called to "suffer until we do unflinchedly repent". May calls for the confiscation of the landholdings of "Southern Rebels" and their distribution amongst "the colored people".
Author:
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
April 16, 1863
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--Lectures and lecturing--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
African Americans--Land tenure--United States--History--19th century
Land reform--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Congresses--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Lectures and lecturing
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
African Americans--Reparations
African Americans
Land tenure
Land reform
Congresses and conventions
Christian moral exhortation
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (8 p.) ; 12.7 x 20.4 cm.
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Place of origin:
Syracuse, [N.Y.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
4699007
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.32, p.24A
Barcode:
39999066761600