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Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874) A letter from the Hon. Gerrit Smith, to the Cuban Anti-Slavery Committee, New York.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04717.62 Author/Creator: Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874) Place Written: Peterboro, New York Type: Printed letter Date: 14 February 1873 Pagination: 1 p. ; 28.1 x 21.5 cm. Order a Copy

Smith writes, "As I view it, our Government should, long ago, have conceded belligerent rights to the Cubans struggling for freedom from the yoke of Spain and from the yoke of Slavery... The world is too far advanced in a rational civilization and in an all-comprehending fraternal religion, that it should any longer be allowable for the nations to stand still whilst one of them continues to indulge in the horrid crimes of which, if they were ever guilty, they have thoroughly repented." Notes that Samuel Raymond Scottron served as the committee's president, and H. H. Garnet as vice president. Scottron was a prominent African American inventor from Brooklyn, New York.

Smith, a politician from New York, served as a U.S. Representative from 1853-1854. He was a noted philanthropist and social reformer active in anti-slavery campaigns and women's rights. Scottron was a prominent African American inventor from Brooklyn, New York.

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Scottron, Samuel Raymond, 1841-?
Gernet, H. H., fl. 1873

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