Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, March 11. 1858
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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Samuel Joseph May informs William Lloyd Garrison that his absence from the Albany Convention was "deeply regretted by all" and a "sore disappointment" to those who had yet to see Garrison speak, but states that nonetheless the affair went well, with respectable attendance. May notifies Garrison that he may expect a full report of the proceedings to be published in the following week's Anti-Slavery Standard. May states that the resolutions were undertaken in an attempt to "set before the minds of the people the present political and relgious aspects of our nation, as they appear to us at this time", and recounts that the resolutions were enunicated by speakers including Wendell Phillips, Charles Lenox Remond, Aaron Macy Powell, and Susan B. Anthony. May informs Garrison that they opened the discussion at the convention to any who "dissented in any respect or measure from our doctrines, or methods" and allowed these parties to address the floor in response. May states that on the second day of the convention, Reverend A. D. Mayo "unexpectedly gave us a speech of great ability", but asserts that the final day of the convention was the best, and that the audience seemed "reluctant rather than impatient to depart". May notifies Garrison that, at the suggestion of Susan B. Anthony, the decision was made to host an anti-slavery convention yearly in Albany the week following the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.
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- Abolitionists
- Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell) 1820 1906
- Antislavery Movements
- Congresses
- Congresses And Conventions
- Correspondence
- Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
- History
- Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society
- May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph) 1797 1871
- Mayo, A. D. (Amory Dwight) 1823 1907
- National Anti Slavery Standard
- New York State Anti Slavery Society
- Phillips, Wendell 1811 1884
- Powell, Aaron M. (Aaron Macy) 1832 1899
- Remond, Charles Lenox 1810 1873
- Slaver
- Social Reformers
- United States
- Women
- Women Abolitionists