Letter from Arnold Buffum, Fall River, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1832 [July] 16

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Title:
Letter from Arnold Buffum, Fall River, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1832 [July] 16
Description:
Arnold Buffum writes to William Lloyd Garrison describing an address he heard from "friend [Joshua Noble] Danforth". Buffum quotes from the address, including a theoretical story about the result of immediate emancipation upon a slave ship, and says, "it was perfectly consistent with all the reasoning of the Apologists for Slavery (which by the way I think the best term by which to designate Colonizationists)." He relates some of the arguments of colonizationists, telling Garrison how they believe abolitionist arguments "punch up the consciences of slave holders as with a hot iron" and so "dispose them to give up their slaves to be carried back to Africa," rather than be free in the United States. Buffum then asks Garrison to have "50 printed Constitutions for auxilliary [sic] Societies sent to Benson & Chace Providence" and for the Liberator to be sent to a number of individuals. He also asks Garrison for a copy of an article by Joshua Noble Danforth "in which he recommends as authentic the article on Colonization in the July n[umber] of the North American Review." Buffum plans to use the article Danforth endorses to show that the American Colonization "Society is most Anti-Colonization in its Character, and that it originated in the Legislature of Virginia." He then shares his travel plans and his efforts to "convert" Americans from supporting colonization.
Author:
Buffum, Arnold, 1782-1859
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[July 16, 1832]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
African Americans--Colonization--Africa
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
American Colonization Society
Buffum, Arnold, 1782-1859
Danforth, Joshua N. (Joshua Noble), 1798-1861
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 26 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10zh290
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Place of origin:
Fall River, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "William Lloyd Garrison Boston" and is postmarked with a purple, circular stamp reading "Fall River Ms. Jul 17".
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5147645
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.2, .26
Barcode:
39999086045240