Address to the colourd people of St. Helena Island of South Carolina, 1866 Dec. 6.

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Address to the colourd people of St. Helena Island of South Carolina, 1866 Dec. 6.

Speech by Thomas Garrett, Quaker abolitionist, beseeching freedmen of St. Helena Island, S.C. to embrace hard work, education, and honesty, and to refrain from the use of alcohol and tobacco. Garrett condemned President Andrew Johnson and assured freedmen that help would come through Congress.

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Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

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Andrew Johnson (b. December 29, 1808, Raleigh, North Carolina-d. July 31, 1875, Carter's Station, Tennessee) became the seventeenth president of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1808. He began his political career in Greenville, Tennessee in 1828. At the time of this letter he was the Democratic senator from Tennessee. Emerson Etheridge was born in Carrituck County, North Carolina. As a representative of Tennes...

Garrett, Thomas, 1789-1871

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Abolitionist; joined Pennsylvania Abolition Society in 1818; his home in Wilmington, Del. was a refuge for slaves and an Underground Railroad station which caused Md. to offer a reward of $10,000 for his arrest. Arrested in 1848, convicted, fined. Helped about 2,000 salves to escape. From the description of Deed of sale, 1832 March 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122582919 Quaker abolitionist. From the description of Address to the colourd people of St. Helena...