Letter from Wendell Phillips, London, [England], to George Thompson, [1839] July

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Title:
Letter from Wendell Phillips, London, [England], to George Thompson, [1839] July
Description:
Wendell Phillips writes to George Thompson in regards to being unable to go to Glasgow. He speaks of his debt of gratitude to the English abolitionists from their American followers. He is rejoiced to hear of the "new movement in regard to India. It seals the fate of the slave system in America." He refers to Henry Clay's calculation of the value of "the bodies and souls of men, & then asked us whether we could reasonably expect the South to surrender 1200,000,000 of dollars at the bidding of abstract principles?" He praises their efforts and says "you cannot imagine, my dear brother, the impulse this new development of England's power will give the Anti-Slavery cause in America."
Author:
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Addressee:
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Date:
[July 1839]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--England--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--Great Britain--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--Great Britain--History--19th century
Slavery--Political aspects--United States--History--19th century
British--India--History--19th century
Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements--Great Britain
Antislavery movements--United States
Christianity
Slavery
British--India--History
India--Race relations
Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States
Slavery--Justification
Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Places:
United Kingdom
England
India
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 26 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z111b78c
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
London, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5740468
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.8, p.45a-b
Barcode:
39999086049036