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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to George Thompson, May 24, 1836

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Holograph, signed.William Lloyd Garrison rejoices over George Thompson's enthusiastic reception. He gives his opinion on the sins of the nation and the wrath of God. He calls the uprising of the Indian tribes under Osceola a war of retribution and expresses his sympathy for Native Americans. Garrison tells about a recent lynching in St. Louis. Thomas Spencer will take anti-slavery documents to England. Anti-slavery societies are multiplying at the rate of one a day.Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.2, no.29.
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Correspondence
  4. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  5. History
  6. Lynching
  7. Osceola, Seminole Chief 1804 1838
  8. Seminole War, 2nd, 1835 1842
  9. Slaver
  10. Spencer, Thomas 1796 1853
  11. Thompson, George 1804 1878
  12. United States

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