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[Copy of a letter by James Martineau to William James] [manuscript]   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Author
May, Samuel, 1810-1899
Martineau, James, 1805-1900 author
James, William, recipient
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Title
[Copy of a letter by James Martineau to William James] [manuscript]
Publisher
[S.l.]
Description
A paper wrapping for the copied letter reads, "Copy of a letter of Rev. James Martineau. Please return to S.M.Jr."
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This letter, written in the hand of Samuel May, is a copy of a letter written by James Martineau to William James. The original letter is dated August 18th, 1847 from Liverpool
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Martineau writes to James the reasons that he did not sign the "Reply to the Invitation of the Friends of Unitarian Christianity in Boston to their Brethren in a Common Faith in England and Scotland." He says that he thinks slavery is a crime of the state and that it can only be destroyed by law, adding that if he inherited slaves he would turn them over to the state. Martineau believes ordinary private manumission is detrimental to the best interests of the slaves for it allows a slaveholder to salve his conscience and does not call for any attempt on the part of the slaveholder to rehabilitate the slave. He thinks that refusing an invitation because of the personal conduct of a member of the inviting organization is a "somewhat farfetched scrupulosity." He doubts that the recipients of the reply will think well of it

Subjects: James, William; Martineau, James, 1805-1900; May, Samuel, 1810-1899; Abolitionists; Antislavery movements
Language English
Publication date 1847
publication_date QS:P577,+1847-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Current location
IA Collections: bplscas; bostonpubliclibrary; americana
Accession number
copyofletterbyja00mays
Authority file  OCLC: 1042541733
Source
Internet Archive identifier: copyofletterbyja00mays
https://archive.org/download/copyofletterbyja00mays/39999063810533.pdf

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