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Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Sept[tember] 6. 1860

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Samuel Joseph May informs William Lloyd Garrison of the meeting held the previous evening by the Committee organizing the celebration of the ninth anniversary of the "Rescue of Jerry", and relays his instructions to officially invite Garrison to join them on the occasion as a speaker at the celebration. May informs Garrison that Gerrit Smith will not be joining them, having "renounced the anniversary" the previous year. May asserts that Beriah Green and Frederick Douglass are the only abolitionists in the region upon whom they may comfortably rely, and declares his hopes that Garrison will find himself able to assist them. May informs Garrison that Douglass and his wife are currently staying at May's house in Syracuse, and that Douglass himself will be delivering a lecture in May's church. May urges Garrison to be mindful of his physical condition, reminding him that he has "entered a period of life in which you will find yourself less able than you once were to recover lost health".
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. African American Abolitionists
  3. African Americans
  4. Antislavery Movements
  5. Civil Disobedience
  6. Correspondence
  7. Douglass, Frederick 1818 1895
  8. Fugitive Slaves
  9. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  10. Green, Beriah 1795 1874
  11. History
  12. May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph) 1797 1871
  13. Meetings
  14. Slaver
  15. Smith, Gerrit 1797 1874
  16. Social Reformers
  17. United States

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