Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Oct[ober] 11. 1878

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Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Oct[ober] 11. 1878
Description:
Samuel May, Jr. writes William Lloyd Garrison on the passing of George Thompson, whose death May asserts can leave them "neither surprised nor afflicted, in view of his infirm health". May asserts that tribute ought to be paid to Thompson in light of his years of "great services to humanity everywhere", and offers his preference for Garrison's suggestion of a public meeting to honor Thompson. May states that Garrison and Wendell Phillips ought to speak at such a meeting, and suggests a number of other possible speakers. May writes that Garrison's "predictions & expectations" have come to pass in the South concerning the "outrages & persecutions to which the colored people of the South are still subjected".
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
October 11, 1878
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
Abolitionists--England--19th century
Social reformers--England--History--19th century
Southern States--Race relations--History--1865-1877
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Abolitionists
Social reformers
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Southern States--Race relations--History--19th century
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893
Phelps, Charles A. (Charles Abner), 1820-1902
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Johnson, Samuel, 1822-1882
Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Foster, Abby Kelley, 1811-1887
Places:
England
Southern United States (area)
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 25.7 x 20.4 cm.
Permalink:
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Place of origin:
Leicester, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
4664819
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.40, p.41B
Barcode:
39999063806259