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November 17, 1843
The Liberator
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
What is this article about?
Parker Pillsbury, a devoted anti-slavery activist, suffers from poor health due to overexertion in his cause and caring for his wife's ill mother, leading to his own fever. He is poor and needs support from the abolitionist community.
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From the Herald of Freedom.
Parker Pillsbury.
The anti-slavery friends will be pained to hear of the low and feeble state of health of this most faithful and devoted brother. He had worn himself down in the anti-slavery service by severe and over exertion, and in that state undertook the care of his wife's mother during a long sickness of fever, when he himself ought to have been a subject of nursing and rest. It threw him into a fever, from which he is but slowly recovering, if he is recovering.
It is hardly necessary to inform abolitionists, that such a man as Parker Pillsbury is poor. He has been too busy caring for others, to provide any thing for himself. I need not remind the friends, either, not to forget him, now he is sick and helpless. He is well beloved and highly valued, and I trust will be promptly remembered at this exigency.
We are pained to hear of the sickness and distress of our devoted brother Pillsbury, and commend him to the sympathetic regard and kind remembrance, in this his hour of suffering, of the friends of humanity.
Parker Pillsbury.
The anti-slavery friends will be pained to hear of the low and feeble state of health of this most faithful and devoted brother. He had worn himself down in the anti-slavery service by severe and over exertion, and in that state undertook the care of his wife's mother during a long sickness of fever, when he himself ought to have been a subject of nursing and rest. It threw him into a fever, from which he is but slowly recovering, if he is recovering.
It is hardly necessary to inform abolitionists, that such a man as Parker Pillsbury is poor. He has been too busy caring for others, to provide any thing for himself. I need not remind the friends, either, not to forget him, now he is sick and helpless. He is well beloved and highly valued, and I trust will be promptly remembered at this exigency.
We are pained to hear of the sickness and distress of our devoted brother Pillsbury, and commend him to the sympathetic regard and kind remembrance, in this his hour of suffering, of the friends of humanity.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Moral Virtue
Family
What keywords are associated?
Parker Pillsbury
Anti Slavery
Illness
Fever
Recovery
Abolitionist Support
Devotion
What entities or persons were involved?
Parker Pillsbury
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Parker Pillsbury
Story Details
Parker Pillsbury wore himself down through overexertion in anti-slavery service and contracted a fever while caring for his wife's mother during her long illness. He is poor, slowly recovering, and urged to be remembered by abolitionist friends in his time of need.