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Oliver Johnson of the Anti Slavery Office

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Description

Heading: (1863 - Anti-Slavery Office)
Author: Johnson, Oliver
Title: Autograph letter signed, regarding a teacher at the first school for freedmen in South Carolina
Place Published: New York
Publisher:
Date Published: 14 September, 1863
Description:

2 page autograph letter, on both sides of a 8x5" sheet, addressed from the Anti-Slavery Office.

Oliver Johnson was a friend of abolitionist Lloyd Garrison and one of the founders of the New England Anti-Slavery Society in 1832. The letter discusses Miss Ellen Murray, a teacher of "Contrabands" on St. Helena Island, South Carolina. Ellen Murray and Laura M. Towne founded the Penn School on St. Helena Island in 1862.

Condition

Creased from mailing, chipped along the right edge; very good.

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Oliver Johnson of the Anti Slavery Office

Name: Oliver Johnson of the Anti Slavery Office
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