Resolution of the National Freedmen's Aid Union of Great Britain and Ireland

Item Information

Title:
Resolution of the National Freedmen's Aid Union of Great Britain and Ireland
Description:
Joseph Cooper, writing on the behalf of the National Freedmen's Aid Union of Great Britain and Ireland, pens a resolution welcoming William Lloyd Garrison as their guest, and honoring his "courageous and life-long labours for the abolition of Negro Slavery in the United States of America". The resolution further congratulates Garrison and his compatriots for their victory earned in the face of "so many years" of "fierce opposition", and greet Garrison as a representative of the American Freedmen's Union Commission. The resolution closes by commending the "establishment of Schools for the Freedmen" in the United States.
Author:
National Freedmen's-Aid Union of Great Britain and Ireland
Contributor:
Cooper, Joseph, 1800-1881
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
October 14, 1867
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Genre:
Resolutions
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--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Ireland--History--19th century
Freedmen--United States--History--19th century
African Americans--Education--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Antislavery movements--Great Britain
Antislavery movements
Freed persons--United States
African Americans--Education
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
National Freedmen's-Aid Union of Great Britain and Ireland
American Freedman's Union Commission
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
Ireland
United Kingdom
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 20.4 x 32.3 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900q518b
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
London, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript annotated on recto, with "Garrison MSS." stamped in blue ink above the letterhead.
Identifier:
4698931
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.41, p.63
Barcode:
39999066759497