This letter in a Greenfield, Massachusetts, paper is purportedly from a man who was pro-slavery and the editor comments that the letter was included verbatim because it was difficult to edit. It was probably written by an abolitionist intent on making pro-slavery advocates look uneducated. The misspelling and poor grammar are contrived and the general structure of the letter seems to point to someone literate trying to appear otherwise. The Gazette & Mercury was the newspaper in Greenfield, Massachusetts, from June 27, 1837, to July 13, 1841, when it changed its name to the Gazette & Courier.
Greenfield Gazette and Mercury. “For the Gazette and Mercury.” August 1, 1837. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l05-046/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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