Autograph card of Wendell Phillips [manuscript], 1877.

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Autograph card of Wendell Phillips [manuscript], 1877.

Short note signed by Wendell Phillips: "Peace if possible/ Justice at any rate."

1 leaf ; 7 x 11 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7995378

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884

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Wendell Phillips (born November 29, 1811, Boston, Massachusetts – died February 2, 1884, Boston, Massachusetts), orator and reformer, was one of the leaders of the abolitionist movement in Boston, Massachusetts, wrote frequently for William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator, and eventually became president of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He contributed much to the cause through inflammatory speeches favoring the division of the Union and opposing the acquisition of Texas and the war with Mexico. ...