Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 Jan[uar]y 3

Samuel Joseph May writes to William Lloyd Garrison asking what he is "doing in the great cause you have espoused and with what success." May reports that "slavery has been the topic of frequent conversations" in Brooklyn and "many here are willing to hear the truth and espouse it." He also tells Garrison that many people there "wish to see and to hear" Garrison and suggests he comes to speak when the "Superior Court commences its session in this town." In the postscript, May asks Garrison for his response, saying that if he does not come, he "shall address the public at that time myself."

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