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Letter from Elizur Wright, New York, to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1834 Feb[ruary] 20.

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript contains annotation in the margin that says, "The first half contains what was intended for the 'armonial hearings' of the Colonization Society. Perhaps it may answer for its epitaph."Elizur Wright Jr. writes to Amos A. Phelps regarding Phelps' suggestions for his appointment as agent to the American Anti-Slavery Society. His suggestions include visiting Southern cities as "preparatory" to his work. He writes of the progress of the society and of the letters they have obtained from Southerners, "some breathing...revenge-some justifying Slavery from Scripture & some admitting the truth of all our principles but advocating gradualism as the only practical scheme."
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. American Anti Slavery Society Executive Committee
  3. American Colonization Society
  4. Antislavery Movements
  5. Correspondence
  6. History
  7. Justification
  8. Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus) 1805 1847
  9. Slaver
  10. Slavery
  11. Slavery And The Church
  12. Societies
  13. Societies, Etc
  14. United States
  15. Wright, Elizur 1804 1885

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