Sujet

Letter from abolitionist soliciting for Cradle of Liberty distributors, 1839. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Letter from abolitionist soliciting for Cradle of Liberty distributors, 1839-03-25. 'Boston, March 25, 1839, Dear Friends...I send you a few copies of "The Cradle of Liberty", a weekly anti-slavery paper, devoted exclusively to the subject of slavery...The publishers have issued the paper at the cost of the paper and printing...I know of no means you can improve, which will do more for the cause of freedom, than introducing this little sheet into every family in your town, and should you adopt proper measures to obtain subscriptions, you will find but few unwilling to give fifty cents to learn the horrors of slavery, and its remedy. If you have not one, two or three days at your disposal to devote to soliciting subscribers, consult with a few of the most zealous abolitionists, throw your mites together, and employ some efficient friend of the slave to go through the town calling upon every individual'. (Signed by Maria Weston Chapman).

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23A16_463

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

26,1Mo (817,1Ko) / 19,9cm x 32,9cm / 2351 x 3880 (300dpi)

Mots clés

library information freedom country letter color liberty text location century handwriting distribution document newspapers press concept correspondence B&W slavery lettering public library MONOCHROME publicity United States of America Colour 19th century distributing black & white black and white B W campaigning white and black activism New York Public Library nineteenth century NYPL heritage American America USA abolition anti-slavery cause slave trade newspaper united states Unknown Chapman Abolitionism cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art documents 19th-century Correspondence The Cradle of Liberty Maria Weston Chapman Maria Weston