Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Alexander Milton Ross, Aug. 18, 1875

Item Information

Title:
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Alexander Milton Ross, Aug. 18, 1875
Addressee:
Ross, Alexander Milton, 1832-1897
Author:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
August 18, 1875
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
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Ross, Alexander Milton, 1832-1897
Brown, John, 1800-1859
Cornell University. Libraries
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (9 p.) ; 8 x 5 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43r7251
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Boston, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Copy of letter, in the hand of another person. Whereabouts of original manuscript unknown.
William Lloyd Garrison begins this letter: "Accept my thanks for your volume, entitled "Recollections and Experiences of an Abolitionist." He hopes that Alexander Milton Ross will send a copy of his book to the librarian at Cornell University. He refers to the efforts made by Alexander Milton Ross on behalf of the fugitive slave. Garrison objects to passages in the book in which Ross quotes John Brown's derogatory remarks about the Northern abolitionists. Garrison claims that the Garrisonian plan for the overthrow of slavery by moral and spiritual means was better than John Brown's doctrine of force and servile insurrection.
Notes (citation):
Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.6, no.140.
Identifier:
2828793
Call #:
Ms.A.1.1 v.8, p.75C
Barcode:
39999066756105
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