Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1834 March 11th

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Title:
Letter from George Jeffrey Tillotson, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Amos Augustus Phelps, 1834 March 11th
Description:
George Jeffrey Tillotson writes to Amos A. Phelps informing him he has received a copy of Phelp's "Lectures on Slavery." Tillotson states he has not yet read the full book but agrees with Phelp's sentiments and that "the system of slavery ought to be out up 'root & branch' as soon as possible." However, Tillotson insists "light & love" are necessary to turn people against slavery and not the "violent & abusive speeches" by William Lloyd Garrison. Tillotson also defends his work with the local colonization society and criticizes abolitionists, like Garrison, who "let off so much steam of malignity against t[he] Col[onization] Soc[iety]." He then discusses visiting Boston in the spring and his thoughts about changing his "field of labor."
Author:
Tillotson, George Jeffrey, 1805-1888
Addressee:
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Date:
March 11, 1834
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--Public opinion--United States--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States
Public opinion
African Americans--Colonization--Africa
Antislavery movements--United States
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Tillotson, George Jeffrey, 1805-1888
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
Connecticut > Windham (county) > Brooklyn
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 21 x 17 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h740r27f
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Place of origin:
Brooklyn, [Conn.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. A. A. Phelps, Boston, Mass."
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. Above the salutation, the number "25" is written in pencil.
Cataloged sgellerman
Identifier:
5047979
Call #:
MS A.21 v.4, p.25
Barcode:
39999085503843