Letter from Harriet Lee, Clinton, to William Lloyd Garrison, June 16. 1854

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Harriet Lee, Clinton, to William Lloyd Garrison, June 16. 1854
Description:
Harriet Lee (the wife of African American abolitionist Stephen Smith) writes William Lloyd Garrison recounting her experiences at the time of the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and the fundamental nature of her religious faith in relation to her anti-slavery beliefs. Lee requests that Garrison publish her account in the Liberator.
Author:
Lee, Harriet
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
June 16, 1854
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
United States.
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
African American women abolitionists
Fugitive slaves--United States
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 17.2 x 21.8 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h740f27k
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Clinton
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
4664358
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.24, p.64
Barcode:
39999066766575