Letter from Christian Miller to Lewis Tappan

Miller, Christian, 1767-1844

Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873

1841-04-16

A donation letter from Christian Miller pledging support for the Amistad Africans. In his letter, Miller paraphrases Isaiah, Chapter 61, Verse 1, stating that the Redeemer "to give Liberty to the Captives and the opening of the prison doors to them that are bound, and that, "he loves to sing the hymn in the use of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church."

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Amistad (Schooner)
Slave insurrections--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Slave trade--America--History
Correspondence

Miller, Christian, 1767-1844
Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873

Albany (N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)

Tulane University Digital Library
Amistad Research Center

eng

ama0491

Letter, 2 p.

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Doc. No. F1-4980, American Missionary Association Archives, Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana

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