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1844 June 20 . Alpheus Trask ALS to Mary Ann T. Webber; [Prestonburg, Kentucky]

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Box 4
Abstract:
Letter from itinerant preacher with the American Tract Society to his sister, describing his travels and religious endeavors in the Kentucky region. Commenting on lack of roads, kindness of locals, religious practices, education, alcohol consumption, poverty, housing, clothing, sentiments regarding slavery, literacy. Encounter with an enslaved man: "I was forcibly struck a few weeks ago after passing a plantation[.] one black came running after me as if he wished to speak to me, he soon got to the fence near me & wishpered pretty loud massa do you think the black will ever be free. His eye full of tears, & the manner it was spoken was truly affecting. I told him I hoped so, if no where else in heaven... I am often accused of being an Aboliscinist." Encouraging his sister to attend to her spiritual state.
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4 pages

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