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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Chapter 3: the Proclamation.—1863. (search)
ment, was the son of Mr. Garrison's warm friends, Mr. and Mrs. Francis G. Shaw, of Staten Island, and among the subordinate officers were several young men of antislavery birth and training, who frequently visited his house and were intimate with his children. The original abolitionists did not lack representatives in the army and navy forces for the suppression of slavery and the rebellion. Among those whose sons, grandsons, or sons-in-law were thus enrolled could be named Arthur and Lewis Tappan, Mr. Garrison, James G. Birney, William Jay, Gerrit Smith, Joshua Leavitt, Abraham L. Cox, John Rankin of Ohio, Samuel Fessenden, Francis G. Shaw, Samuel May, Jr., Henry I. Bowditch, James Forten, Robert Purvis, Frederick Douglass, S. S. Jocelyn, Charles Follen, William H. Burleigh, Amasa Walker, and others. Henry Wilson, Joshua R. Giddings, William Slade, and Henry Ward Beecher contributed in like manner to the struggle (Lib. 35: 139). His heart was deeply stirred as he contemplated th
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Chapter 9: Journalist at large.—1868-1876. (search)
anti-slavery ranks, recognizing the services they had rendered in the day of small things, and rejoicing with them in the triumph of freedom. One of these was Lewis Tappan, from whom a letter touching his brother Arthur elicited the following reply: Lewis Tappan to W. L. Garrison. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1870. Ms. mLewis Tappan to W. L. Garrison. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1870. Ms. my dear Sir: It would be sheer affectation in me not to acknowledge the gratification your letter has given me. I greet and congratulate you on your bodily and mental vigor, and the fruition of [our] hopes in the emancipation of our colored fellowmen. And as John Quincy Adams wrote to me on the deliverance of the Amistad Africansuse them, or, if you can state any facts illustrating his character, that are probably unknown to me, I shall be pleased to receive them. Very truly yours, Lewis Tappan. See Mr. Garrison's reply on p. 424 of A. Tappan's Life. Edmund Quincy received his laurel wreath with characteristic lightness and jest. Edmund Quincy