Letter from Richard Allen, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, 6/2 1844
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Holograph, signed.Richard Allen laments that D. O'Connell is in prison. He wants the Americans to speak in his behalf. He says that there is a division in the ranks of the abolitionists in Ireland. Allen explains: "Jas. Haughton & R. D. Webb on the B. & F. [British & Foreign Anti-Slavery Society] of this view; Jas. H. Webb & myself for free trade."
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- Abolitionists
- Allen, Richard 1803 1886
- Antislavery Movements
- Boston
- British And Foreign Anti Slavery Society
- Chapman, Maria Weston 1806 1885
- Correspondence
- Great Britain
- Haughton, James 1795 1873
- History
- Massachusetts
- O'connell, Daniel 1775 1847
- Slaver
- United States
- Webb, Richard Davis 1805 1872
- Women
- Women Abolitionists