[Letter to] Dear Mr. Garrison
Contributors: Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879, recipient
Published: 1864
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Correspondence; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); United States; Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; History
Other titles: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) William Lloyd Garrison Correspondence (1823-1879) 
Description: Charles Sumner writes Garrison an account of the failed repeal of the Fugitive Slave Acts. Sumner states that the bill's passage was interfered with by Senator John Sherman, whose objections to the repeal of the 1793 Act lead to the bill's failure, an effort which included the support (for Sherman's amendment) by ten Republicans. Sumner opines that this could not have occurred had not the Anti-Slavery Sentinel "become so sluggish", and beseeches Garrison's help in reviving the repeal bill.
Notes: Holograph, signed.

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