Letter from John Bell, Alexa[ndria, Virginia], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1834 July 13

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Title:
Letter from John Bell, Alexa[ndria, Virginia], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1834 July 13
Description:
John Bell writes to William Lloyd Garrison telling him to "ask the Rev. Mr. Phelps of Boston Agent of the antislavery Society ... [and] you will not doubt the sincerity of my feelings nor the truth of my statement." Bell then explains how a slave that escaped from the slave traders Franklin & Armfield was captured, and while being brought back to Alexandria by boat, "as to let the people see that he preferred death to slavery, he plunge himself into the Potomac [River] in sight of the Capitol & the tomb of Washington & drowned." He then asks Garrison to send the Liberator with this notice to the post office in Washington, D.C., "directed to John Bell."
Author:
Bell, John
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
July 13, 1834
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Fugitive slaves--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Fugitive slaves--United States
Social reformers--United States
Bell, John
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10zr705
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Alexa[ndria, Virginia]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5711933
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.4, p.50
Barcode:
39999086046727