James Frederick Otis writes to William Lloyd Garrison asking for his bill for the Liberator and discontinuing his subscription. Otis criticizes the Liberator as "calculated to produce the terrible excitement now raging through the land" and states that he "cannot consent to continue to be the recipient of a journal that alludes to a relative & dear friend [Harrison Gray Otis] as to a desecrator of the cradle of liberty." He tells Garrison he "cannot longer consent to be identified with a society or a press that promulgates" views supporting abolition.
- By Otis, James F., -1867, Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
- Dated September 5, 1835
- Held by Boston Public Library
- Part of Anti-Slavery Collection
- Rights: No known copyright restrictions.
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Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Otis, James F., -1867
Otis, Harrison Gray, 1765-1848
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
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