Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to George William Benson, June 25, 1844

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Place of origin:
Boston, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
William Lloyd Garrison makes a plea for Mrs. Paul's acceptance into the Northampton community. Garrison writes: "She is indeed a stranger in a strange land, without friends or relatives, without any certain abiding place, and without knowing where to direct her footsteps; and all this, solely because, being destitute of the vulgar prejudice against a colored complexion, she married in England the Rev. Nathaniel Paul, a man of fine personal appearance and talents, but one of those who are regarded by the pseudo domocrats and christians of this country as belonging to an inferior race. Her sufferings on the score of this prejudice, since she came over, have been those of a martyr, which she has borne with christian resignation and fortitude." Garrison proposes that Mrs. Paul board with George W. Benson for a year; the Southwicks will pay for half of her board and other friends will pay the remaining half. George W. Benson will also receive Mrs. Paul's earnings with her needle or other labors.
Notes (citation):
Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.3, no.100.
Identifier:
3134677
Call #:
Ms.A.1.1 v.4, p.7
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