{"id":807,"date":"2007-01-03T20:43:13","date_gmt":"2007-01-04T01:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/807"},"modified":"2007-01-03T20:43:13","modified_gmt":"2007-01-04T01:43:13","slug":"letter-from-mr-delaney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/letter-from-mr-delaney\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from M.R. Delaney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>May 21, 1852<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A letter to Garrison, from Delaney, in which Delaney expresses thanks that Garrison has given notice of his &#8220;hastily written book&#8221;,\u00a0 and he indicates that he has corrected errors, which evidently are concerning what he said about Garrison.\u00a0 &#8220;I am not in favor of caste, nor a separation of the brotherhood of mankind, and would as willingly live among white men as black, if I had an equal possession and enjoyment of privileges; but shall never be reconciled to live among them, subservient to their will -existing by mere sufferance. As we, the colored people do, in this country. The majority of white men cannot see why colored men cannot be satisfied with their condition in Massachusetts &#8211; what they desire more than the granted right of citizenship.\u00a0 Blind selfishness on the one hand, and deep prejudice on the other, will not permit them to understand that we desire the exercise and enjoyment of these rights, as well as the name of their possession.\u00a0 If there were any probability of this, I should be willing to remain in this country, fighting and struggling on, the good fight of faith.\u00a0 But I must admit, that I have no hope in this country &#8211; no confidence in the American people -with a few excellent exceptions &#8211;therefore, I have written as I have done. Heathenism and Liberty, before Christianity and Slavery.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 21, 1852 A letter to Garrison, from Delaney, in which Delaney expresses thanks that Garrison has given notice of his &#8220;hastily written book&#8221;,\u00a0 and he indicates that he has&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/letter-from-mr-delaney\/\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Letter from M.R. Delaney<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[373,359,81],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Letter from M.R. 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