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Letter from Elizur Wright, New York, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1834 Sept[ember] 13

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Elizur Wright Jr. writes to Amos A. Phelps regarding an article written in the Portland Mirror "signed by Benjamin Tappas & others warning on the borders of abolition." He writes that "the truth is, Brother, that all the residence & philanthropy and Christianity of the country has been mustered to recommend Colonization as a remedy for slavery, and now the great maj [sic] of the white population is...to carry on the benevolent work of hunting the poor colored people from the country!"
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Christianity
  4. Correspondence
  5. History
  6. Justification
  7. Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus) 1805 1847
  8. Publishers And Publishing
  9. Publishing
  10. Religious Aspects
  11. Slaver
  12. Slavery
  13. United States
  14. Wright, Elizur 1804 1885

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