Letter from John C. Lee, Camp Nelson, Ky., to William Lloyd Garrison, May 22 / [18]65

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Title:
Letter from John C. Lee, Camp Nelson, Ky., to William Lloyd Garrison, May 22 / [18]65
Description:
John C. Lee inquires if William Lloyd Garrison might be able to say to "Capt L E Hall" that Garrison is not in favor of colonization. Lee argues that lands ought to be confiscated from slaveholders and Confederates, or purchased by those with capital, and sold to freedmen at "cost with 6 percent interest". Lee advocates that supporters in benevolent societies send "schools & the gospel" to help "make a demonstration here in Ky that the Negro is not a Parasite", and argues that both Kentucky and the nation at large are in need of such a demonstration. Lee closes by arguing for the necessity of securing homes for freedmen, stating that what is necessary is to "attach [freedmen] to the soil".
Author:
Lee, John C.
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[May 22, 1865]
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
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
African Americans--Colonization
Freed persons--United States
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Lee, John C.
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 19.6 x 24.8 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h740f30w
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Camp Nelson, Ky.
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4664390
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.34, p.53
Barcode:
39999066766583