Garrison, William Lloyd:

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SELECTIONS FROM THE WRITINGS AND SPEECHES OF WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON. WITH AN APPENDIX. Presentation copy of this collection of poems and essays by the ardent abolitionist, inscribed by Garrison to his friend and comrade, Nathan Winslow of Portland, Maine. Garrison's inscription in this volume reads: "Nathan Winslow, Portland, Me. With the warm regards and grateful remembrances of his old friend, Wm. Lloyd Garrison. Boston, May 28, 1852." Winslow, a merchant who specialized in wood stoves, came from a long line of Quaker Winslows in Maine and became a leading figure in the state's anti-slavery movement. Winslow was present at the Philadelphia meeting which founded the National Anti-Slavery Society, signed his name on the Declaration of Sentiments, and became head of their chapter in Portland. Described as "one of the most thoroughgoing friends of the abolition cause in our land" in Garrison's biography, Winslow was a subscriber to The Liberator from the very first issue until his death in 1861, maintained a long correspondence with Garrison, and regularly hosted the great abolitionist and other speakers in his home. Winslow's daughter, Harriet Winslow Sewall, was a poet and became an activist in her own right, fighting for the abolition, women's rights, and labor movements.

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