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Testimonies Concerning Slavery (Paperback)
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Testimonies Concerning Slavery (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition
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Moncure Conway (1832 1907) was born on his family's plantation in
Virginia, but became a committed abolitionist soon after he left
college. He joined abolitionist rallies and moved from Methodism to
the Unitarian ministry, eventually becoming a freethinker. Conway
became increasingly isolated from his family as a result of his
abolitionist activism, his marriage to an abolitionist, and the
resettling of a group of his father's escaped slaves in Ohio during
the civil war. This book was published in 1865, soon after he
settled in Britain, where he lived for over 30 years, became a
supporter of women's suffrage, and networked with intellectuals
including Dickens, Carlyle, Lyell and Darwin. His description of
the injustices of slavery, including the slave trading in the
southern plantations that triggered the secession of southern
states and the civil war, is set in the context of his personal
experiences and his evolving ethical views.
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