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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to George William Benson, Thursday Morning, [Sept. 17], 1835

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Holograph, signed with initials.George William Benson is expected in Brooklyn. The gallows left at Brighton Street were destroyed by the city authorities. Vigilance committees and lynch clubs have been organized in slave states. Plans for the abduction of Arthur Tappan, George Thompson, and William Lloyd Garrison have been made. Money has been appropriated for this purpose. Garrison holds that death is no calamity, for it will hasten the destruction of slavery. In order to win Southern votes, Whigs and Jacksonians are vying with each other in expressing their hatred of abolitionism.On the bottom of page three of this manuscript, there is a separate note by George William Benson to William Lloyd Garrison about forwarding bundles of mail.Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.1, no.214.
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Benson, George William 1808 1879
  4. Correspondence
  5. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  6. History
  7. Lynching
  8. Slaver
  9. Southern States
  10. Tappan, Arthur 1786 1865
  11. Thompson, George 1804 1878
  12. United States
  13. Vigilance Committees

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