Letter from Jacon Merrill Manning, Boston, [Mass.] to William Lloyd Garrison, Jan[uary] 8, 1861

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Title:
Letter from Jacon Merrill Manning, Boston, [Mass.] to William Lloyd Garrison, Jan[uary] 8, 1861
Description:
Jacob Merrill Manning notifies William Lloyd Garrison that he was visited that morning by a Mr. Hayward, a "gentleman connected with the Liberator", whom Manning gave his permission to list him among the speakers for the upcoming antislavery convention. Manning asserts that he has since taken "conjugal advice" concerning "woman's rights", and has decided to withdrawl his name from the roster of speakers. Manning informs Garrison that his wife is a native of Charleston, South Carolina, and that while both she and her immediate family sympathize with the Grimkes "in their abhorrence of slavery", and have abandoned their lives in the "hated system" of the South to settle in the North, her youngest brother has just returned to Charleston on the advice of his physician, and Manning fears that he would be disturbed in some fashion were his relation to Manning become widely known. Manning laments the state of the nation where he "cannot speak for liberty without perilling the life of my brother!"
Author:
Manning, Jacob M. (Jacob Merrill), 1824-1882
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[January 8, 1861]
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
Antislavery movements--Congresses--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Public opinion--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Southern States--Public opinion--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Congresses and conventions
Public opinion
Manning, Jacob M. (Jacob Merrill), 1824-1882
Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879
Grimké, Sarah, 1792-1873
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
Southern United States (area)
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 26 x 20.2 cm.
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Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Boston, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4664815
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.31, p.2B
Barcode:
39999063806812