Letter from A. A. Phelps to Lewis Tappan

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A donation letter from A.A. Phelps on behalf of various individuals pledging support for the Amistad Captives. Phelps relates that a portion of the money was taken up "as long ago as Jan. 5, 1840. It was taken specifically for the distribution of publications at the South, and in consequence of some intimation from the American Anti-Slavery Society that a door was open to do it then." He advises Lewis Tappan to make use of it as he thinks just.

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Title: Letter from A. A. Phelps to Lewis Tappan
Author: Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Addressee: Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873
Date Created: 1840-12-19
Description: A donation letter from A.A. Phelps on behalf of various individuals pledging support for the Amistad Captives. Phelps relates that a portion of the money was taken up "as long ago as Jan. 5, 1840. It was taken specifically for the distribution of publications at the South, and in consequence of some intimation from the American Anti-Slavery Society that a door was open to do it then." He advises Lewis Tappan to make use of it as he thinks just.
Genre: article
Topical Subject(s): Amistad (Schooner)
Slave insurrections--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Slave trade--America--History
Correspondence
Name Subject(s): Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873
Geographical Subject(s): Boston (Ma.)
New York (N.Y.)
Publisher: Tulane University Digital Library
Amistad Research Center
Language: eng
Identifier (local): ama0329
Extent: Letter, 4 p.
Type of Resource: text
Source: Doc. No. F1-4824, American Missionary Association Archives, Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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