Letter from Joseph Cooper, Walthamstow, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, 18 / [June] 1870

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Joseph Cooper, Walthamstow, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, 18 / [June] 1870
Description:
Joseph Cooper informs William Lloyd Garrison that the battle to "promote the great work of Emancipation in Spain and Brazil" continues apace with their full energies and efforts. Cooper notes that an encouraging sign from Brazil is the great increase in the instances of "private emancipations", as well as the formation of a Ladies Society in Rio de Janeiro. Cooper adds that the ministers in Brazil are regrettably conservative, that is to say, pro-slavery. Cooper asserts that the people of Spain are anti-slavery, but relates that the plan introduced by the Colonial minister is "indefinitely worse" than that forwarded by delegates of "the Cuban slave-owners in 1866", and proclaims that even the "anti-negro" Times has described it as a means to secure a "long lease" for slavery rather than abolition. Cooper relates his efforts to secure joint condemnation of slavery in the Spanish Empire from the United States, England, and France.
Author:
Cooper, Joseph, 1800-1881
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[June 18, 1870]
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--England--History--19th century
Abolitionists--England--19th century--Correspondence
Social reformers--England--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--Brazil--History--19th century
Slaves--Emancipation--Brazil--History--19th century
Slavery--Spain--Colonies--History--19th century
Slavery--Cuba--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Antislavery movements--Great Britain
Abolitionists
Social reformers
Slavery--Brazil--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Brazil
Societies
Enslaved persons--Emancipation--Brazil
Slavery
Slavery--Cuba
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Cooper, Joseph, 1800-1881
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
England
Brazil
Cuba
Spain
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 22.9 x 18.2 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900qb059
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Place of origin:
Walthamstow, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript composed upon stationary bearing typeset letterhead (on recto) reading "Essex Hall, Walthamstow." in blue ink.
Manuscript dated "18 / 6mo 1870".
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4714167
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.36, p.121A
Barcode:
39999066760271