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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Darwin in letters, 1861: Gaining allies
Summary
The year 1861 marked an important change in the direction of Darwin’s work. He had weathered the storm that followed the publication of Origin, and felt cautiously optimistic about the ultimate acceptance of his ideas. The letters from this year provide an…