Letter from Anonymous to Lewis Tappan

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Title: Letter from Anonymous to Lewis Tappan
Addressee: Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873
Date Created: 1839-09-12
Description: A donation letter from an anonymous individual pledging support for the Amistad Captives. The writer of the letter refers to himself as "one who attributes to Mr. Tappan and his friends right intentions, but thinks him wrong in his views of Christian obligation on the subject of slavery."
Topical Subject(s): Amistad (Schooner)
Slave insurrections--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Slave trade--America--History
Correspondence
Name Subject(s): Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873
Publisher: Tulane University Digital Library
Amistad Research Center
Language: eng
Identifier (local): ama0098
Extent: Letter, 2 p.
Type of Resource: text
Source: Doc. No. F1-4612, American Missionary Association Archives, Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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