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Letter from Harriet Martineau to John Bishop Estlin

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript contains 2 separate sheets, one a letter from Harriet Martineau and the other is a note about Ellen Craft that says, "Ellen Craft: in the disguise in which she escaped from Macon in Georgia, U.States."Harriet Martineau writes to John Bishop Estlin in regards to Ellen Craft, a fugitive slave. She thanks him for the paper he sent and writes her pleasure in meeting him and "Miss E."
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Correspondence
  4. England
  5. Estlin, J. B. (John Bishop) 1785 1855
  6. Estlin, Mary Anne 1820 1902
  7. Fugitive Slaves
  8. Great Britain
  9. History
  10. Martineau, Harriet 1802 1876
  11. Slaver
  12. Underground Railroad
  13. United States
  14. Women
  15. Women Abolitionists
  16. Women Social Reformers

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