Letter from William Joler, Washington, [D.C.], to William Lloyd Garrison, 26th March 1850

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Title:
Letter from William Joler, Washington, [D.C.], to William Lloyd Garrison, 26th March 1850
Description:
William Joler thanks William Lloyd Garrison for his tireless struggle on the behalf of "we colored people", and stresses that when abolition should arrive, it must do so with two conditions. First, Joler states that financial provision for the support of Freedmen need be made in order to allow Freedman time to "get on east and get work". Secondly, Joler states that they must have the right to "marry and intermarry with the white folk". Joler argues that these conditions are necessary to carry out the "principles of right and equality" upon which are based the abolitionist and Free Soil movements. Joler states that without these provisions, the condition of African Americans will become worse than before, and worse than that of the Native Amerindians. Joler states that without the right to intermarry, "we fear that we will go back down into out natural savage state again".
Author:
Joler, William
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
March 26, 1850
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Interracial marriage--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
African American abolitionists
Freed persons--United States
Interracial marriage--United States
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 19.3 x 25 cm.
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Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Washington, [D.C.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript addressed from "Washington City".
Identifier:
4664527
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.19, p.11
Barcode:
39999066765833