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Letter from George Thompson, Ramsgate, [England], to Richard Davis Webb, 1859 Sep[tember] 21

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.George Thompson writes to Richard Davis Webb in regards to antislavery information that he came upon in Ramsgate "a fortnight ago" while traveling with Mrs. Thompson. He and his wife came upon Mr. and Mrs. Craft, and they attended their meetings to hear of their escape from slavery in 1848. George Thompson added his own testimony, in an attempt "to convey some idea of the change in public sentiment effected in the Free States by the labours of Mr. Garrison and the American Anti-Slavery Society." He writes of antislavery meetings coming up in various English towns.
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. African American Social Reformers
  3. African American Women Abolitionists
  4. African Americans
  5. American Anti Slavery Society
  6. Antislavery Movements
  7. Correspondence
  8. Craft, Ellen
  9. Craft, William
  10. England
  11. Fugitive Slaves
  12. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  13. Great Britain
  14. History
  15. Meetings
  16. Slaver
  17. Societies
  18. Societies, Etc
  19. Thompson, George 1804 1878
  20. United States
  21. Webb, Richard Davis 1805 1872
  22. Women

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