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Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society records, 1832-1870
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884Bowditch, Jonathan Ingersoll, 1806-1889Ballou, Adin, 1803-1890Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877Burleigh, Charles C. (Charles Calistus), 1810-1878Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898Whittaker, William J.Jackson, Francis, 1789-1861Hovey, Charles F., 1807-1859Capron, Effingham L.Stowell, Martin, 1822-1862May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871Wallent, R. F.
West India Emancipation
1846
Manuscript letter in the hand of Wiliam Lloyd Garrison, for publication to advertise a "mass celebration" of the anniversary of the emancipation of 800,000 slaves in the West India Islands [undated, but probably 1846]. On back in red, "Insert this evening - Wednesday morning - Thursday morning and evening." Addressed to Mr. R. F. Wallent, Antislavery Office, Boston.
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