Copy of a correspondence between Edmund Jackson & Hon. Robt. C. Winthrop in 1840

Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society records, 1832-1870

1840-10-26

Manuscript copy of a correspondence between Edmund Jackson and Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, in which Jackson asks for Winthrop's position on slavery before his election to United States Congress. Includes Winthrop's response dated November 2, 1840, in which he replies that he "cannot regard it as desirable or expedient to attempt any alteration of the Constitution in relation to slavery."

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Mss Collection - Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society records

Abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston
Antislavery movements--Massachusetts--Boston
Slavery--Law and legislation--Washington (D.C.)

Letters (correspondence)

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