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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00246.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Christian discipline, and anti-slavery broadsides |
| Title | Mrs. Burritt's defense of her husband; first published in the Southern recorder, Milledgeville, Geo. August 14, 1830 |
| Date | ca. 1830 |
| Author | Burritt, Ann W. (fl. 1830) |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | Elijah Burritt's former partner, John G. Polhill, had charged that Burritt had distributed incendiary pamphlets written by African-American abolitionist David Walker. In this open letter to the editors, his wife states that her husband only sold the abolitionist pamphlets privately to known slaveholders, accompanying his sale with suitable cautions. She adds that he fled Millidgeville because his defense was not being heard in the heat of passion aroused by Polhill, who was stating that the case would not be bailable. The editors of the paper were Seaton Grantland and Richard M. Orme. |
| Subjects | Women's History Abolition African American History Slavery Law Reform Movement |
| Place written | Milledgeville, Georgia |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; Women in American History; African Americans; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |