W. L. Garrison to James H. Garrison.
Near the Grand Banks, June 4th, 1840.1 Unless we have uncommon good luck the remainder of our2 trip, we shall be at least one month between the two ports [of New York and Liverpool]. Hence, it is highly probable that the World's Convention will have nearly closed its session by the time that we arrive in London. If so, my trip will have been almost in vain, and I shall retrace my steps homewards without much delay—probably by the first of August. I have come hither against my own inclinations, from the first; and now, with such a prospect before me, I sigh to think where I am, and that it is too late to beat a retreat. June 11, lat. 48° 48′, long. 25° 4′. My mind is becoming more and more concerned for the poor sailors. Their condition is a pitiable one. They are awfully oppressed, degraded, and contemned, as a class. If my life be spared, I will lift up my voice mightily in their behalf. Their wrongs shall be redressed.
W. L. Garrison to Maria W. Chapman.
[At Sea,] June 12, 1840.We have had very favorable winds for the last ten days, and3 are now within four hundred miles of Cape Clear. In four days more we hope to be in Liverpool. To-day the Convention meets in London. May it lay a broad foundation upon which to build the superstructure of Humanity! If it shall exclude from a participation in its proceedings a single human being, on account of complexion or sex, it will excite the pity and amazement of after ages. I am inclined to think it will act upon the ‘new organization’ basis, and, while it will not proscribe color, will make a distinction in sex. If so, there will not be a delegate more forward to condemn such conduct than your friend,
W. L. Garrison to his wife.
within sight of land, June 14, 1840.Since I penned a few lines to you in the Gulf Stream,4 nothing of special importance has occurred to break the
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