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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to George Benson, Sept. 28, 1836

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Holograph, signed.William Lloyd Garrison gives a detailed account of Henry Egbert Benson's improved health. Henry E. Benson is being cared for Mrs. Southwick, in the home of Joseph Southwick. Garrison praises Mrs. Southwick and her skill as a physician. Garrison will write to Samuel Joseph May about the extraordinary case of a former slave. William L. Garrison and George William Benson spoke to an audience at the monthly concert of prayer for the slaves. The anti-slavery men in Boston are drowsy, while the women are wide awake. There was a procession to honor the late President Madison, who has left about a hundred slaves in bondage. Today, William L. Garrison moved his wife and baby out of Mrs. Southwick's house to one room in Miss Parker's house.Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.2, no.58.
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Benson, George 1752 1836
  4. Benson, George William 1808 1879
  5. Benson, Henry Egbert 1814 1837
  6. Correspondence
  7. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  8. History
  9. Madison, James 1751 1836
  10. May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph) 1797 1871
  11. Slaver
  12. Southwick, Joseph 1791 1866
  13. Southwick, Thankful Hussey 1792 1867
  14. United States

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