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Abolitionist Movement Collection

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Letters, a speech, and a photograph relating to the abolitionist movement in the United States. Correspondents include: Theodore Dwight Weld (1803-1895) of Lane Seminary, Elizur Wright (1804-1885), Secretary of the American Anti-Slavery Society, Gerrit Smith (1797-1874), philanthropist and reformer, Henry Grew (1782-1862), Quaker abolitionist, William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879), prominent abolitionist, and Parker Pillsbury (1809-1898), abolitionist author. Subjects include abolition tactics and organizations, expressions of sympathy to Garrison on the death of his wife and publication of Pillsbury's work. Also includes a photograph of Mary Grew (1813-1896), daughter of Henry Grew and an abolitionist in her own right.

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Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895

Letters, a speech, and a photograph relating to the abolitionist movement in the United States. Correspondents include: Theodore Dwight Weld (1803-1895) of Lane Seminary, Elizur Wright (1804-1885), Secretary of the American Anti-Slavery Society, Gerrit Smith (1797-1874), philanthropist and reformer, Henry Grew (1782-1862), Quaker abolitionist, William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879), prominent abolitionist, and Parker Pillsbury (1809-1898), abolitionist author. Subjects include abolition tactics and organizations, expressions of sympathy to Garrison on the death of his wife and publication of Pillsbury's work. Also includes a photograph of Mary Grew (1813-1896), daughter of Henry Grew and an abolitionist in her own right.

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Gerrit Smith Letter to Asher Tyler

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Letter from Gerrit Smith in Petersboro, New York to Asher Tyler, dated 1872 March 13. Concerns sending money to a mutual friend and the infirmities of Smith's old age.

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Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874

Letter from Gerrit Smith in Petersboro, New York to Asher Tyler, dated 1872 March 13. Concerns sending money to a mutual friend and the infirmities of Smith's old age.

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Honorable Gerrit Smith Broadside Letter to the Cuban Anti-Slavery Committee

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Printed broadside open letter, dated 1873 February 14, from the Honorable Gerrit Smith, Congressman from New York and staunch abolitionist. It is addressed to the Cuban Anti-Slavery Committee of New York. In the letter, Smith addresses the requests of the committee to write a letter to the press in support of their cause. Instead, Smith produced this open letter that condemned Spain for its barbaric treatment and continued enslavement of the Cuban people and also the United States government for not doing more for the Cuban People to aid in their plight, "As I view it, our government should, long ago, have conceded belligerent rights to the Cubans struggling for freedom from the yoke of Spain and from the yoke of slavery. Then, too, if this concession had not resulted in such freedom, our Government should have united with other governments to put an end to that infernal type of slavery which Spanish power holds in Cuba..."

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Honorable Gerrit Smith Broadside Letter to the Cuban Anti-Slavery Committee 0.01 Linear Foot

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874

Printed broadside open letter, dated 1873 February 14, from the Honorable Gerrit Smith, Congressman from New York and staunch abolitionist. It is addressed to the Cuban Anti-Slavery Committee of New York. In the letter, Smith addresses the requests of the committee to write a letter to the press in support of their cause. Instead, Smith produced this open letter that condemned Spain for its barbaric treatment and continued enslavement of the Cuban people and also the United States government for not doing more for the Cuban People to aid in their plight, "As I view it, our government should, long ago, have conceded belligerent rights to the Cubans struggling for freedom from the yoke of Spain and from the yoke of slavery. Then, too, if this concession had not resulted in such freedom, our Government should have united with other governments to put an end to that infernal type of slavery which Spanish power holds in Cuba..."

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