Letter from F. J. Thompson, Bridgwater, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, April 30, 1877

Item Information

Title:
Letter from F. J. Thompson, Bridgwater, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, April 30, 1877
Description:
F. J. Thompson thanks William Lloyd Garrison for his letter concerning the "split in the Good Templar Order". Thompson states that there exists in England sympathizers to the Americans who, with their "unchristian prejudice against the Negro race", refuse to admit African Americans as members of the Good Templar Order. Thompson encloses to Garrison a newspaper column by T. Beaven Clark on the matter.
Author:
Thompson, F. J.
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
April 30, 1877
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
Equality before the law--United States--History--19th century
Freedmen--United States--History--19th century
Temperance--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Temperance--England--Societies, etc--History--19th century
African Americans--Segregation--Southern States--History--19th century
African Americans--Segregation--United States--History--19th century
Southern States--Race relations--History--1865-1877
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
African Americans--Civil rights--History--19th century
Equality before the law--United States
Freed persons--United States
Temperance--United States--Societies, etc.
Temperance--Societies, etc.
African Americans--Segregation
Southern States--Race relations--History--19th century
Thompson, F. J.
International Organization of Good Templars
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Places:
England
Southern United States (area)
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 22.4 x 27.1 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900q0456
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Bridgwater, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript includes an attached newspaper column clipping of a letter to the editor by T. Beaven Clark concerning racial prejudice and segregation among "Lodges of Good Templars" in the Southern United States
Identifier:
4664931
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.39, p.30B
Barcode:
39999063806150