Letter from Aaron Macy Powell, [Ghent], to William Lloyd Garrison, [May 8, 1861]

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Title:
Letter from Aaron Macy Powell, [Ghent], to William Lloyd Garrison, [May 8, 1861]
Description:
Aaron Macy Powell asserts to William Lloyd Garrison that the "spiritual weapons" at their disposal are no less powerful & no less required even in the midst of "the war cry and the battle array". Powell attributes the "disease of war" to the "slow, consuming, chronic poison of slavery". Powell decrys the vindictivenss and "bloodthirstiness" of many towards the South, and predicts that there is no "retracing of steps" imaginable.
Author:
Powell, Aaron M. (Aaron Macy), 1832-1899
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[May 8, 1861]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Powell, Aaron M. (Aaron Macy), 1832-1899
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (6 p.) ; 12.6 x 20.5 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h73zv48h
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
[Ghent]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript is incomplete. Manuscript comprises second half of letter cataloged under call number MS A.1.2 v.31, p.45B.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5070942
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.31, p.46B
Barcode:
39999066762400