L. A. Chamerovzow letter, 1855.

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L. A. Chamerovzow letter, 1855.

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The collection consists of a letter (three pages in Chamerovzow's manuscript) on the stationery of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, where Chamerovzow writes on 15 February 1855 to a Miss Hildrith about his Slave Life in Georgia, asking her how many copies she feels she can dispose of and if she will promote sales of the Anti-Slavery Reporter. He mentions several influential British anti-slavery leaders and alludes to the policy of emancipation in South Africa. In conclusion he notes the he writes "in relation to the effort I have made to bring about a better understanding among British Abolitionists."

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Hildrith, Miss

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British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society

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Chamerovzow, Louis-Alexis

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Louis Alexis Chamerovzow, Secretary of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, transformed the memoirs of an illiterate black man, John Brown (known as Fed or Benford in his slavery in Georgia), into a powerful anti-slavery publication, Slave Life in Georgia (London, 1855). From the description of L. A. Chamerovzow letter, 1855. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 308553214 ...