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Letter from Wendell Phillips, London, [England], to George Thompson, [1839] July

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Wendell Phillips writes to George Thompson in regards to being unable to go to Glasgow. He speaks of his debt of gratitude to the English abolitionists from their American followers. He is rejoiced to hear of the "new movement in regard to India. It seals the fate of the slave system in America." He refers to Henry Clay's calculation of the value of "the bodies and souls of men, & then asked us whether we could reasonably expect the South to surrender 1200,000,000 of dollars at the bidding of abstract principles?" He praises their efforts and says "you cannot imagine, my dear brother, the impulse this new development of England's power will give the Anti-Slavery cause in America."
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