Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass], to William Lloyd Garrison, [September] 8th [1872]

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass], to William Lloyd Garrison, [September] 8th [1872]
Description:
Samuel May, Jr. writes William Lloyd Garrison thanking him for his delivery of a copy of the "Journal" containing Garrison's commentary on Charles Sumner's "(intended) Faneuil Hall speech". May offers his sympathies to Garrison in having to, after contending with the "avowed enemies of liberty" on behalf of the slave, the task of "withstanding Charles Sumner's efforts in behalf of the foes of the Negro, of freedom, and of the Nation". May expresses his surprise and dismay that Charles Sumner, of all people, could become "the dupe of Rebels & Slaveholders". May criticizes Horace Greeley for his having advised freedmen in the South to "look for the protection of their rights as citizens" to the "dominant race".
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[September 8, 1872]
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
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Presidents--United States--Elections--1872
Freedmen--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Presidents--United States--Election--1872
Freed persons--United States
African Americans--Civil rights
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 26.5 x 21 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900ph739
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Leicester, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4664332
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.37, p.54B
Barcode:
39999063805459