Transcribe Text (Collaborative) Anti-Slavery Letters: 1840-1849 page

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"[February 24, 1842]"
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"Holograph, signed. Anne Knight repeats her sister Ria's remark on Americans appearing to be \"in complete bondage to each other high & low nothing but panic dread or what this & that may say of them an interminable fear of bad consequences...\" Elizabeth Pease is condemned for a while to her couch. Anne Knight advocates the idea of women helping men make better laws: \"...will you not aid us in the struggle of might against right?\" Anne Knight says: \"Our corn-law blaze at Manchester will I fear be a disappointment they seem to make so little impression on the house with its 121 tory majority.\""
title
"Letter from Anne Knight, London, [England], to Maria Weston Chapman, 24/2 [18]42"
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creators
"Knight, Anne, 1786-1862 (Author); Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885 (Addressee)"
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"15583"
language
"English"
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"commonwealth:qz20tc64t"
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"http://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20tc64t"
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"Ms.A.9.2 v.17, p.35"
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"3133681"
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"39999066782960; mq8430333"
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physical_description
"1 leaf (2 p.) ; 8 5/8 x 6 3/4 in."