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Letter from Samuel Fulton Clarke, Athol, [Massachusetts], to Samuel May, 1851 Sept[ember] 23d

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.S.F. Clarke writes to Samuel May stressing that he "should be happy to introduce into my pulpit to speak on the subject of slavery" anyone May is connected with, except Stephen Symonds and Abby Kelley Foster. He explains that "the cause has my heartiest sympathy" but he "object[s] to Mr. & Mrs. Foster because of what I deem the bad taste & bad temper which they have manifested in advocating the noble cause." He tells May that the Fosters and Lucy Stone held meetings in the town, "a year or two since," and the Fosters' "used harsh denunciatory language uttered in apparently an angry spirit & they stirred up harsh & angry feelings in the audience & left them in this condition." He contrasts their language with Stone who "spoke mildly & kindly ..." Clarke fears that inviting Stephen Foster to speak again "will here not only injure the cause, but injure the Christian spirit of the community also." He insists that he objects only to Foster's speaking style and "not to the cause or its advocates generally."
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Clarke, Samuel F. (Samuel Fulton) 1818 1861
  4. Correspondence
  5. Foster, Abby Kelley 1811 1887
  6. Foster, Stephen S. (Stephen Symonds) 1809 1881
  7. History
  8. May, Samuel, Jr. 1810 1899
  9. Meetings
  10. Slaver
  11. Social Reformers
  12. Stone, Lucy 1818 1893
  13. United States

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