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Circular from American Anti-Slavery Society, Boston, [Mass.], Sept[ember] 1, 1861

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American Anti-Slavery Society

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Manuscript is a typeset circular issued by the American Anti-Slavery Society. No signature exists on manuscript.Manuscript annotated on recto, with "97" in pencil above salutation.On behalf of the American Anti-Slavery Society, William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips, and Samuel May, Jr. address the recipient of this circular concerning the financial health of the society during the economic hardship brought on by the Civil War, stating that the Executive Committee is forced to entertain seriously the necessity of discontinuing the "National Anti-Slavery Standard". The American Anti-Slavery Society announces that, in the spirit of sacrifice, their own Editors and agents have willingly accepted a diminution of their salaries to help ensure the survival of the newspaper, and issues the call for contributions, donations, or subscriptions to ensure that they may continue to publish it.
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. American Anti Slavery Society Executive Committee
  3. Antislavery Movements
  4. Civil War
  5. Civil War, 1861 1865
  6. Correspondence
  7. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  8. History
  9. M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller) 1810 1874
  10. May, Samuel, Jr. 1810 1899
  11. Newspapers
  12. Phillips, Wendell 1811 1884
  13. Slaver
  14. Social Reformers
  15. United States

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