Lot #294

William Lloyd Garrison Autograph Letter Signed and "Sonnet to Liberty" Manuscript - "One of the Sonnets that I wrote during the Anti-Slavery struggle"

Description

Garrison sends "one of the Sonnets that I wrote during the Anti-Slavery struggle"

Journalist, editor, and social reformer (1805-1879) best known as one of the most influential abolitionists in the decades leading up to the Civil War. Two outstanding autographs of William Lloyd Garrison: an ALS signed "Wm. Lloyd Garrison," one page, 5 x 7, December 17, 1869, in part: "In compliance with your request, I send you my autograph; copying, for this purpose, on the third page of this sheet, one of the Sonnets that I wrote during the Anti-Slavery struggle. How signally the truth, prophetically expressed in the concluding lines, has been fulfilled in our national career of oppression within the last ten years!"; and the enclosed "Sonnet to Liberty," signed "Wm. Lloyd Garrison," one page, 5 x 7, concluding: "Know this, O man! whate'er thy earthly fate— / God never made a tyrant nor a slave: / Woe, then, to those who dare to desecrate / His sacred image!—for to all He gave / Eternal rights, which none may violate; / And by a mighty hand th' oppressed He yet shall save." Attractively matted and framed together with an engraved portrait of Garrison (featuring his facsimile signature) to an overall size of 20 x 11; the frame's backing bears an affixed Goodspeed's Book Shop label. In fine condition.

Auction Info

• Auction Title: Fine Autograph and Artifacts Featuring Revolutionary War, The War of 1812, and Civil War
• Dates: June 21, 2024 - July 10, 2024

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