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
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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Descent in Commentary
Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest
Summary
The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, with the publication in February of his long-awaited book on human evolution, Descent of man. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his manuscript on expression.…
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- … views do not lead me to such conclusions about negros & slavery as yours do: I consider myself a …