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Letter from Harriet Martineau, London, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, Nov[ember] 1st [1853]

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Harriet Martineau writes William Lloyd Garrison announcing that she is "unspeakably vexed" at him for having "printed Linton's attack on Holyoake, without waiting for further light". Martineau asserts that Linton is "a malignant, wayward, irrational back-biter", and declares that had Garrison known of the character of Linton and Holyoake, respectively, he would have waited for additional information before printing Linton's piece. Martineau states that painting Holyoake in such a light would be akin to the abolitionists making Garrison "out a scoundral". Martineau additionally remonstrates Garrison, in the stead of Mrs. Chapman, for "sacrificing a good man to a slanderer in another case", and defends John Saunders against the accusations of the Howitts, citing documents viewed by Chapman which indicated Howitts' "falsehood & craft".
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Chapman, Maria Weston 1806 1885
  4. Correspondence
  5. England
  6. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  7. History
  8. Howitt, William 1792 1879
  9. Martineau, Harriet 1802 1876
  10. Revolution (New York, N.Y.)
  11. Slaver
  12. Social Reformers
  13. United States
  14. Woman's Journal (Boston, Mass. : 1870)
  15. Women
  16. Women Abolitionists

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