Letter from William A. Jackson, London, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]62 November 6th

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Title:
Letter from William A. Jackson, London, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]62 November 6th
Description:
William A. Jackson, the "ex-coachman of Jeff[erson] Davis," writes to William Lloyd Garrison to tell of his arrival in Europe. He reports that his ship crossed the Atlantic Ocean in eleven days and "they put off a good many at Queenstown [now Cobh, Ireland]", people who missed their families but "never thought of them at all till Father Abraham [Lincoln] commenced drafting, and then they began to take off to Ireland, and think of their friends that they had let behind!" Jackson comments on the racial prejudice of Irish people in the North and says he "would write more about myself but I have to think of the those who are in bondage." He is confident that he "will be sure to get along, if I look to God and do not forget to pray; though I would rather be with the Union army, if I could help kill some the rebels and my people all go free." Jackson says that he tried to do more to help the Union before he left the country, "but the government would not accept the regiment that Governor Sprague was raising at Providence, Rhode Island, which I joined." He tells Garrison, "I know my people will be free" and "I will always stand up for the Constitution and the Union as it ought to be."
Author:
Jackson, William A., active 1861-1862
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[November 6, 1862]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
African American abolitionists--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Race relations--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
African American abolitionists
African American soldiers--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Race relations
Social reformers--United States
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Jackson, William A., active 1861-1862
Train, George Francis, 1829-1904
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 v. (8 p.) ; 18 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z1108589
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Place of origin:
London, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
This letter is published in the Liberator of November 28, 1862 (Vol. XXXII, no. 48) under the heading, "Letter from William A. Jackson."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5863207
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.31, p.157A
Barcode:
39999085840310