Lyman, Theodore (1833-1897) Papers related to the Garrison mob.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.089 Author/Creator: Lyman, Theodore (1833-1897) Place Written: Cambridge, Massachusetts Type: Pamphlet Date: 1870 Pagination: 73 p. ; 23.7 x 14.8 cm. Order a Copy
Describes the October 1835 mob which kept William Lloyd Garrison, the editor of the Liberator, an anti-slavery newspaper, from having a meeting where Mr. George Thompson, an abolitionist, was to speak. Garrison had to be put in the jail to be protected from the mob. Printed by Welch, Bigelow, and Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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