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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Henry Egbert Benson, Nov. 12, 1831

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Holograph, signed.William Lloyd Garrison writes that he is unable to visit Providence this season; he may come in the spring. He has received from Washington the complete files of the African Repository and is preparing an anti-colonization pamphlet for the press. An anti-slavery society is forming in Boston. He advocates for a concentration of moral strength---not physical force. He will send his thanks to Simeon Brewer for the offer of hospitality.Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.1, no.57.
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. Africa
  3. African Americans
  4. Anti Slavery Movements
  5. Antislavery Movements
  6. Benson, Henry Egbert 1814 1837
  7. Brewer, Simeon 1782 1832
  8. Colonization
  9. Correspondence
  10. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  11. History
  12. Slaver
  13. Slavery
  14. United States

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