Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz, November 20, [1831]

Following Nat Turner's Rebellion and the subsequent racial violence in Virgina, Rebecca writes to her sister-in-law Maria about the immorality of murdering innocent Black people, and expresses her belief that Maria could be an advocate for them, despite being a slaveholder.

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Title:Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz
Author:Rebecca Gratz
Recipient:Maria Gist Gratz
Origin:Philadelphia, PA
Destination:Lexington, KY
Date:[1831]-11-20
Language:English
Description:Letter. 1 sheet.
Subject
(Personal Name):		Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869
Gratz, Maria Gist, 1797-1841
Gratz, Cary Gist, 1829-1861
Gratz, Hyman, 1776-1857
Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852
Fitzgerald, Edward, Lord, 1763-1798
Fitzgerald, Pamela, 1773-1831
?McCorquodale, Helen Pitcairn Cirsovius, 1803-1896
Dudley, Benjamin Winslow, 1785-1870
?Etting, Harriet Marx, 1802-1880
?Blair, Eliza Violet Gist, 1794-1877
Ingersoll, Susan Catherine Brown, 1810?-1875
Ingersoll, Charles, 1805-1882
?Peters, Sarah Robinson, 1785-1850
Brown, James, 1766-1835
%Mr. Richmond
Walsh, Robert Jr., 1784-1859
Barry Family
Etting, Elijah Gratz, 1795-1849
Gratz, Benjamin, 1792-1884
Etting, Isabella, 1801-1855
Joseph, Sara Gratz Moses, 1817-1891?
%Fisher, Hannah
Gratz, Hyman Cecil, 1826-1866
Gratz, Henry Howard, 1824-1913
Gratz, Michael Bernard, 1822-1889
Gratz, Jacob, 1790-1856
Moses, Horace, 1820-1893
Bolmar, A. (Anthony), 1797-1861
Rutledge, Edward, 1798-1832
Fraser, Caroline Augusta Rutledge, 1823-1913
Rutledge, Augusta Shaler, 1793-1858
Hoffman, Julia, 1810-1861
Subject
(Geographic):		Kentucky
Virginia
Lousiana
Greece
Athens, Greece
Europe
Lexington, KY
Philadelphia, PA
Charleston, SC
Subject
(Topical):		Health
Medical treatment
Children
Literature
The Life and Death of Lord Edward Fitzgerald
Science
Marriage
Furniture
Institution
University and school
Transylvania University (Lexington, KY)
Black Americans
Slavery
Enslaved Labor
Rebellion
Racism
Crime
Politics
Housing
Romance
Social scene
Friendship
Fashion
Clothing and dress
Education
Travel
Portraiture
Provenance:American Jewish Historical Society
Publisher:Gratz College
Citation
for Scan:		Rebecca Gratz. ALS to Maria Gist Gratz, Philadelphia, PA, November 20, [1831]. From the original at the American Jewish Historical Society, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011 USA.
Citation
for Transcript:		Rebecca Gratz to Maria Gist Gratz, November 20, [1831]. RGC0439, Rebecca Gratz Digital Collection, Gratz College. Image from the original at the American Jewish Historical Society. https://rebeccagratz.digitalcollections.gratzcollege.edu/item/rgc0439.
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