Letter from John Bishop Estlin, Bristol, to Samuel May, April 2nd, 1846
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Estlin offers a contribution to an anti-slavery fund being raised in Massachusetts. He plans to print "A Brief Picture of American Slavery and the Abolition Movement" anonymously. Estlin expresses further adverse criticism of the violent language of "The Liberator" and informs May that the second edition of Frederick Douglass' "Life" was expurgated. He tells May he will send copies of "Punch," the "Anti-Slavery Reporter," and the "Daily News" before mentioning the death of his nephew, the son of James Cowles Prichard. Estlin also says the "Feliciana," a Southern paper containing advertisements of slave sales, impressed English readers considerably.