Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Title

Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.

Creator

Douglass, Frederick

Contributor

Post, Amy Kirby, 1802-1889

Date

1850-10-31

Description

Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about the developments in the Ellen and William Craft fugitive slave case.

Subject

Post, Amy Kirby, b. 1802

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

866

Location

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Transcription

(Page 1)
   Lawrence Mass.
                                                                                         Oct 31^s^t 1850.
My Dear Friend. I have received your kind letter to which you addressed
me at Boston. Many thanks for it. I wish I could send you a worthy
response to that letter- but I must plead that the haste and commotion
in which I write as an apology for not doing so- I would not
wait for a more convenient season – if I thought such a one
would come- but I dispair [sic] of that- and take this as
my first oportunity [sic]. I saw George Thompson yester day- I shook
his hearty hand- looked into his noble face- and heard
his affectionate and manly voice- He is the same that
he was years ago- and as I left him when I left England.
He told me that William W. Brown was doing well- he
had got out his panarama [sic]- and was proceeding to
New Castle to exhibit it. Mr Thompson thinks that W.
will succeed well- This tidings I am sure you will be glad to hear.
I saw yester day our mutual Friend W Wn C. Nell. He is
well and wide awake about the fugitive slave
fairness in Boston. He is on the vigilence committee
and is one of the most vigilent [sic] members. The excite
ment in Boston about the contemplated recapture of W. & Ellen
Craft- is beyond description and every moment is lible
to being with it bloodshed and carnage. Dear Amy
will you accept this short word- written in the greatest
haste from your ever sincere Friend- My best
regards to Dear Isaac.    Frederick Douglass

(Page 2)

[Text aligned across center of Page 2]

Mrs. Amy Post
Care of Post & Willis
Rochester
N.Y.

Annotations

Frederick Douglass, an abolitionist and former slave, is writing from Lawrence, Massachusetts to fellow activist, Amy Post. George Thompson was a British abolitionist. William Wells Brown was an African American abolitionist, lecturer, novelist, playwright and historian. He was born a slave, and escaped to the North in 1834, where he wrote the first novel by an African American, titled- Clotel. William Cooper Nell was an abolitionist and former slave. Nell is in Boston and involved in protecting fugitive slaves, Ellen and William Craft from slave catchers.

Tags

Abolitionism

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Douglass, Frederick, “Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 21, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/3156.

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