Isabella Massie writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to inviting some friends to meet mebers of the Bristol & Clifton Ladies' anti-slavery association. She wants her friends to meet real abolitionists with "anti-slavery zeal and talent" instead of pro-slavery orthodox ministers. She writes, "they conclude no one who does not sign the creed & code of H.C. Wright may claim being an American abolitionist." She adds that she favors American abolitionists over those orthodox ministers but is grieved by their anti-slavery newspapers which "alienate many who love the cause." She does not wish to send the "National Anti-Slavery Standard" newspaper to her friends because it contains "sentiments from which my own soul recoils."
- By Massie, Isabella, Estlin, Mary Anne, 1820-1902
- Dated [ca. 1832–1867], in United Kingdom
- Held by Boston Public Library
- Part of Anti-Slavery Collection
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Terms
Subject
Women Abolitionists--England--19th century--Correspondence
Women abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--Public opinion--United States--19th century
Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Newspapers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists
Women abolitionists--United States
Abolitionists--United States
Public opinion
Antislavery movements--Great Britain
Antislavery movements--United States
Christianity
Societies
Meetings
Estlin, Mary Anne, 1820-1902
Massie, Isabella
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Estlin, J. B. (John Bishop), 1785-1855
National anti-slavery standard