Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
A woman identified as "Maria" living in Trinidad, Cuba, wrote to abolitionist and member of the Maine Anti-Slavery Society, Elizabeth Mountfort of Portland, about the brutality of slave labor in the sugar cane fields. Maria told of,
"An American lady speaking of the warmth of the weather in the summer season, said, 'I should like to spend some time in the country, were it not for the shrieks of the slaves, which you hear constantly, some one or another, being nearly all the time at the whipping post.'"
Later Maria discussed her hopes of the abolishment of slavery,
"I pray it may not be long ere freedom's standard shall be unfurled to the breeze, that will waft the glad sound of emancipation to every people and o'er every land, where the iron yoke is known."
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About This Item
- Title: Letter to Elizabeth Mounfort from a friend in Trinidad, Cuba, July 4, 1847
- Creation Date: 1847-07-04
- Subject Date: 1847-07-04
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Locations:
- Trinidad, Cuba
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 14, Box 1/6
- Collection: Portland Anti-Slavery Society records
- Object Type: Text
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- Letters
- Manuscripts
- Mountfort, Elizabeth, 1806-1876--Correspondence
- Slavery--Cuba--Trinidad
- Slaves--Cuba--Trinidad
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