POWERFUL ANTI-SLAVERY LETTER

 “…I EXPECT TO SEE A DESPERATE BATTLE FOR THE PERPETUATION OF SLAVERY BY THE REBELS AND I HOPE IN GOD TO SEE ITS ETERNAL DOWNFALL AND THE LEADING REBELS HUNG AS AN EXAMPLE…”

4 pp. letter dated just shortly after the Civil War had begun with dramatic anti slavery content:

“May 19, 1861.. I do not think I am prejudiced in favor of the South so as to justify slavery by throwing my vote & favor that cursed institution. It is no use for the Democrats to…carry slavery into new territory.

The great slave oligarchies care not a fig for that privilege. What do their great leaders declare? Why they say openly and avowedly that African slaves must be acknowledged in the Constitution in order to perpetuate the government. They want no union, no connection with the free states until they have terminated in open revolution.

What have we done for the wishes of the South? Spent millions to hunt Negroes in the everglades of Florida under the guise of subduing Indi ans, annexed Texas to please them and assumed a lag debt and millions consequently came the war of Mexico to satisfy the …Power. Then they ask for Cuba with a Northern Arm &back them up even after breaking up the great Missouri Compromise…hunted their Negroes throughout the free states and returned them

…Slavery must be abolished before peace can be enjoyed… I expect to see a desperate battle for the perpetuation of slavery by the Rebels and I hope in God to see its eternal downfall and the leading rebels hung as an example…”

Four fully packed pages from an author who only signs as “Robert.” With original envelope addressed to Henry Ellery, Onandaga County, New York. 5” x 8”; Fine.                                                                              $250 - up