Letter, 1833 Feb. 5, Hudson, Ohio, [to] Henry Cowles, Austinburg, Ohio.

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Letter, 1833 Feb. 5, Hudson, Ohio, [to] Henry Cowles, Austinburg, Ohio.

A.L.S. concerning the American Colonization Society and Wright's negative opinion of it. Mentions immediate abolition as the only right and Christian answer to slavery. Northerners should not be deceived by the colonization arguments.

[4] p. on 1 leaf ; 25 x 40 cm. folded to 25 x 20 cm.

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