to Henry Wilson

Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 to Henry Wilson

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GLC#
GLC08888
Type
Letters
Date
February 11, 1866
Author/Creator
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Title
to Henry Wilson
Place Written
Boston, Massachusetts
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 18.4 cm, Width: 22.5 cm

Replies to a letter Wilson wrote when Garrison discontinued publication of the Liberator, his anti-slavery newspaper. Writes that he so values Wilson's letter, he will ask his children to preserve it with other valuable autographs and memorials. Declares "I have certainly lived to see the most astonishing revolution in the feelings and sentiment of a people, of which history makes any record; breaking the yokes and fetters of millions... abolishing a system of oppression as seemingly impregnable as it was fiendishly cruel, abasing the proud and lifting up the lowly... For the humble share I have had, under God, in bringing it about, you are pleased to congratulate me... Let me reciprocate your heartfelt recognition..." Praises Wilson's support of anti-slavery.

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