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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Anti-Slavery Office, [Boston, Mass.], to John Punchard Jewett, May 28, 1855

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Holograph, signed.William Lloyd Garrison wrote this letter of introduction for Mr. Benjamin Drew, who is the bearer of this letter, to John P. Jewett, a Boston publisher. Garrison explains that Benjamin Drew has obtained narratives from fugutive slaves in Canada about their experiences in slavery and their flight and has "prepared and interesting and well-written manuscript on the subject." Jewett should consider publishing Drew's manuscript.J.P. Jewett published Benjamin Drew's manuscript in 1856 as: "A North-Side View of Slavery."
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Canada
  4. Correspondence
  5. Drew, Benjamin 1812 1903
  6. Fugitive Slaves
  7. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  8. History
  9. Jewett, John Punchard 1814 1884
  10. Slaver
  11. Slaves' Writings
  12. Slaves' Writings, Canadian
  13. United States

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