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L. A. Chamerovzow letter to Miss Hildrith
The collection consists of one letter written on British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society letterhead: dated February 15, 1855, "Dear Madam," signed "L. A. Chamerovzow," regarding the publications Slave Life in Georgia, and the Anti-Slavery Reporter. Chamerovzow mentions several influential British anti-slavery leaders and alludes to the policy of emancipation in South Africa.
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Creator
Chamerovzow, Louis Alexis
Date of Original
1855-02-15
Subject
Slaves--Emancipation--South Africa
Slaves--Georgia--Biography
Abolitionists
Enslaved people--Emancipation--South Africa
Enslaved people--Georgia--Biography
People
Chamerovzow, Louis Alexis
Hildrith, Miss
Location
United Kingdom, England, London, 51.50853, -0.12574
United States, 39.76, -98.5
Medium
letters (correspondence)
correspondence
Type
Text
Description
The collection consists of one letter written on British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society letterhead: dated February 15, 1855, "Dear Madam," signed "L. A. Chamerovzow," regarding the publications Slave Life in Georgia, and the Anti-Slavery Reporter. Chamerovzow mentions several influential British anti-slavery leaders and alludes to the policy of emancipation in South Africa. Louis Alexis Chamerovzow, Secretary of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, transformed the memoirs of John Brown (known as Fed or Benford), a formerly enslaved man who fled to England, into a powerful anti-slavery publication, Slave Life in Georgia (London, 1855).
Language
eng
Holding Institution
Hargrett Library
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