Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Henry Egbert Benson, Sept. 26, 1831

Item Information

Place of origin:
Boston, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
William Lloyd Garrison asks several questions about the riot in Providence between sailors and colored people. Garrison writes: "These are perilous times, my dear friend, especially for the people of color. So infuriated are the whites against them, since the Virginia and North Carolina insurrections, that the most trifling causes may lead to a war of extermination."
Notes (citation):
Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.1, no.55.
Identifier:
3134420
Call #:
Ms.A.1.1 v.1, p.9
Barcode:
39999066747385
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