Wilberforce, William (1759–1833)
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- … politician. Parliamentary leader of the movement for the abolition of slavery, 1787, and a …
- … founder of the Anti-Slavery Society, 1823. ODNB . Bibliography DNB : Dictionary of …
- … 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96. 1,28 movement for abolition of slavery …
- … slavery …
- … Anti-Slavery Society Philanthropist politician …
Mathieson, William Law. 1926. British slavery and its abolition. London: Longmans, Green and Co.
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- … Mathieson, William Law. 1926. British slavery and its abolition. London: Longmans, Green …
Colp, Ralph, Jr. 1978. Charles Darwin: slavery and the American Civil War. Harvard Library Bulletin 26: 471–89.
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- … Colp, Ralph, Jr. 1978. Charles Darwin: slavery and the American Civil War. Harvard Library …
Parker, Theodore. 1848. A letter to the people of the United States touching the matter of slavery. Boston.
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- … A letter to the people of the United States touching the matter of slavery. Boston. 4 …
Armistead, Wilson (1818–68)
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- … in gall insects. Entomologist 4 (1868–9): 49. 14,16 Author of anti-slavery tracts …
From Asa Gray 24 July 1865
Summary
Is reading CD’s "Climbing plants".
The Civil War is ended; slavery is dead.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 July 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 148 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4877 |
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- … Is reading CD’s "Climbing plants". The Civil War is ended; slavery is dead. …
- … 19 April [1865] ). For CD’s opposition to slavery, see also Journal of researches , pp. …
- … Colp, Ralph, Jr. 1978. Charles Darwin: slavery and the American Civil War. Harvard Library …
- … from rebeldom itself—from Alabama. You see slavery is dead , dead ,—an absolute unanimity …
- … discussed their strong opposition to slavery (see, for example, Correspondence vol. 11, …
From Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker 26 December [1863]
Summary
CD would be pleased to sit for a bust by Thomas Woolner for JDH, but he is too ill now.
Emma’s views on slavery and the Civil War.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 26 Dec [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 214 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4359 |
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- … Thomas Woolner for JDH, but he is too ill now. Emma’s views on slavery and the Civil War. …
- … A traveller’s observations on cotton and slavery in the American slave states. 2 vols. …
- … in Britain, was an influential indictment of slavery ( McPherson 1988 , pp. 38–9, 88–9). …
- … s treatment of the war with regard to slavery (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to Asa …
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Darwin's controversies in Commentary
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
Summary
Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
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- … women and male monkeys, whose progeny were then sold into slavery, the females becoming mistresses …
