Letter from Francis Bishop, Liverpool, [England], to Mary Anne Estlin, 1854 Aug[ust] 27

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Title:
Letter from Francis Bishop, Liverpool, [England], to Mary Anne Estlin, 1854 Aug[ust] 27
Description:
Francis Bishop writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to antislavery news. Mr. Chamerovzow has been talking to men "whose minds are full of prejudice deepened by time & habit" and encourages those to give aid to the American Anti-Slavery Society. He writes that he is always glad to see Mr. Parker Pillsbury and wishes he stayed longer when he visits. He discusses the struggle that American abolitionists endure in America and says that "many persons who in this country cheer A.S. sentiments...w[oul]d not stand one hour in Am[erica] against the storm of censure & indignation...from Church & State." He writes that this makes Pillsbury less patient when dealing with "the half converted." The Manchester meeting is satisfactory, according to Bishop. He believes Pillsbury would shrink from his sympathy with Garrison. He writes of antislavery meetings at the Boston Bazaar and the N.Y. Vigilance Conference and writes of Barker's lectures being very coarse & offensive against the Bible. He writes that Barker states, "his only triumph was a much better book than the Bible!" He leaves for Edinburgh the following day.
Author:
Bishop, Francis
Addressee:
Estlin, Mary Anne, 1820-1902
Date:
August 27, 1854
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--England--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--England--History--19th century
Women social reformers--England--History--19th century
Vigilance committees--New York--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Lectures and lecturing--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--Great Britain--History--19th century
Slavery and the church--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Lectures and lecturing--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Great Britain
Women abolitionists
Women social reformers
Vigilance committees
Antislavery movements--United States
Lectures and lecturing
Christianity
Slavery and the church--United States
Meetings
Antislavery movements
Bishop, Francis
Estlin, Mary Anne, 1820-1902
Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898
Chamerovzow, Louis Alexis
Places:
England
United Kingdom
New York
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 26 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900r493v
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Place of origin:
Liverpool, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5124275
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.24, p.121
Barcode:
39999085504759