Letter from Placide, Philadelphia, [Pa.], to William Lloyd Garrison, July 21st 1849

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Title:
Letter from Placide, Philadelphia, [Pa.], to William Lloyd Garrison, July 21st 1849
Description:
Writing under the nom de plume of "Placide", the author addresses William Lloyd Garrison to present a "candid statement" on the "late insurrection" in the Charleston Work House, as well as to highlight the "doings of the sons of chivalry in the Sunny South". Placide labels the Charleston Work House one of "Blood, of Cruelties, & of Murder", designed for the "imprisonment & corporeal punishment of the poor dejected slave", and describes the physical and psychological tortures that are therein applied to "correct" slaves. Placide details a lengthy list of religious authorities in Charleston who make use of the city organ in question, and laments the hypocrisy. Placide recounts to Garrison the account of an "insurrection" by a slave named Nicholas, who could not bear that he should be separated from his to-be-sold-sister save for by death, and his subsequent execution.
Author:
Placide
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
July 21, 1849
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
Slaves--Social conditions--Southern States--History--19th century
Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc--United States--History--19th century
Torture--United States--History--19th century
Slave insurrections--Southern States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Enslaved persons--Social conditions
Slavery--United States--History--19th century
Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States
Torture--United States
Slavery and the church--United States
Slave rebellions--United States
Placide
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
Southern United States (area)
Extent:
1 leaf (6 p.) ; 19.5 x 30.4 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900qc77r
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Philadelphia, [Pa.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript annotated on recto, with "28" in pencil above Placide's salutation to Garrison, and "Garrison MSS." stamped in blue ink beneath letterhead date.
Identifier:
4716837
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.18, p.69
Barcode:
39999032923789