"Holograph, signed. Title devised by cataloger. On verso the letter is addressed \"To the Editors of the Liberator Philadelphia Pennsylvania.\" There is also a note indicating that, \"This letter was opened by John Ferral [?] supposing it intended for the National Laborer the only 'Liberator' periodical of Phila[delphia].\" Above the letter Sargent has copied a notice titled, \"Negro Woman,\" that announces a \"warrant of a justice of the Country of Pendleton K[entuck]y to the jail thereof a negro woman, who calls herself Sarah, supposed age, 50 y[ea]rs.\" The notice identifies her physical features, including her height and a number of scars, and blames \"the spirit of abolitionism infuse[d] by reading (as she can read) their publications\" for the scars on her back. It warns her owner to \"prove property according to law\" and remove her from jail or she will be sold \"at public auction under the orders of the County Court ...\""
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"Letter from William Sargent, [Falmouth, Kentucky], to William Lloyd Garrison, [1838 October 16]"
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creators
"Sargent, William (Author); Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 (Addressee)"
