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THE AB OLITION OF SLA FEE Y HETHE UNITED STATES._ , . • - ' _ . • ’ ' . ’ . 1 The following correspondence's been forwarded itus for pubUcataoii‘ Boston, Nov. 2, 1860.‘ My Lord^—A number of y’oungmeii unconnected ai this tiirie with any organisation, b u t earhestly desirous of devoting themselves to the work of eradicating slavery in the United States, respectfully invito you tc meet them in a public convention to be held in thh city oh Monday, the 3rd of December next, and there address them in reply to. the question, so vital to the interests and.the honour of our country and the progress of freedom in the world,—“ Ho w can American slavery be abolished}” • ; lt;rIt seems to tl^eriv tfygt deathof John Brown* who oh the 2fldW Dfelt;^hb^f, 1859, was killed for attempting to decide this problem in themode that he he^eve4 to be the most efficient, is anoccasion peculiarlyappropriate for tite discussion of our duty to the race for whom he suffered, and moreespecially for the; unfolding of practical methods for achieving the holy object he desired tofattain by his descent on Harper’s Berry, Virginia. /.'* ;;1 An invitation, therefore, will, be extended to the leaders and representatives of all the different anti-slafrery bodies* and to various . men of eminence ^tio have done honour to their o wn souls by advocating the cause of impartial freedom. *f Every one thus invited^ is expected in his speeches or lettera to confine himself .exclimv^y te the great question of theTdy* supererogation now to defend John Bro^i, and a . useless waste of time to eidp^e Mmi ^frang: bo^ duties to the coming ages, Ifefc us seek to continue his life by strivinglie Idft. us to finish. ■ »•',v?: lt;-• •. vi.;.' v‘An immediate or speedy answer will %reaily oblige, by enabling us to make the n^Gessary anangemehts on a plan sufficiently extensive.4 For the Co: ^init- ‘ Committee—C.W. Eldridge, Vi D 3'Connor,R, J.Hinton, W. W. Thayer. H. Ford Dduglass,' I. L.Craigen, J. Sella Martin, J. B. Saiitl^'Herbert Glee : onJohn Olivei . Edwin Coombs, J. H, Stephenson; LewisHayden, J W. Le Barnes, J. H. Fowler, Ai l Brown, Ad. Ackermann, James Redpath.^ToHem^, I Lord Brougham?
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London St Pancras News Illustrated and Advertiser
London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, Jan 12, 1861
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