Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, Wyalusing, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]62 Nov[ember] 13
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Henry Clarke Wright writes to William Lloyd Garrison outlining his travels and his plans for the coming weeks. He tells Garrison that his "single text is The Proclamation! On this I lecture ..." He also mentions his reply to objections to the proclamation, specifically those made by the supporters of [N.Y. Governor Horatio] "Seymour [whose] party in N.Y. and Penn have argued these everywhere." Wright declares that "Every slave has a right to kill his master" and lists the crimes of slaveholders and the silence of the Republicans and "the ministers & churches." Wright sees "The right of the slaves to resist & destroy their [masters] is fast coming to be recognised" and then ends his letter by echoing Patrick Henry, exclaiming, "liberty before every thing, Give me Liberty or Give me Death!"
Holograph, signed.
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Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper with an embossed logo of a coat of arms in the head- spine corner of each page. Below the salutation, the number "131" is written in pencil.