Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, New York, to Helen Eliza Garrison, May 7, 1850, Tuesday Morning
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Holograph, signed with initials.William Lloyd Garrison arrived yesterday accompanied by dear anti-slavery friends. It rained during most of the trip. While in Springfield, Garrison heard news of George William Benson. Garrison expects trouble at the anniversary meeting in the Tabernacle because of the inflammatory articles in the New York Herald by James G. Bennett. Garrison continued writing this letter at 2 p.m., after the meeting. There was a triumphant, though tumultuous, gathering. A mob was led by Captain Rynders. Garrison finished his speech on religion and country despite the interruptions of the mob. He was followed by William H. Furness, Frederick Douglass, and Samuel Ward.Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.4, no.2.
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Digital CommonwealthKeywords
- Abolitionists
- Antislavery Movements
- Bennett, James Gordon 1795 1872
- Benson, George William 1808 1879
- Correspondence
- Douglass, Frederick 1818 1895
- Furness, William Henry 1802 1896
- Garrison, Helen Eliza 1811 1876
- Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
- History
- Rynders, Isaiah
- Slaver
- United States
- Ward, Samuel Ringgold 1817