Identity area
Reference code
Clarkson/Folder 1-5/Doc 107
Unique identifier
GB 275 Clarkson/Folder 1-5/Doc 107
Title
Autograph letter, signed, from Joseph Soul to Thomas Clarkson, from New Broad Street
Date(s)
- 29 October 1844 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
3p paper
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Bought from R. Myers & Co., 1950
Content and structure area
Scope and content
On British and Foreign Anti Slavery Society headed paper. Notes that a paper is being read by Mr. Stacey and Mr. Scoble. Has read the letter from Mr. Marsh to Judge O'Neal. Marsh contends that Nimrod was the first slaveholder, the Patriarchs then continued the practice and thus it was handed to the Jews. Servitude had previously existed but not slavery.