Political
THE HOWITTS WRITING ABOUT SLAVERY
HOWITT
(William,1792-1879, Author) & his wife Mary HOWITT (1799-1888, Author)
Pair of Autograph Sentiments Signed
William has written “Let us expiate our wrongs towards the slave by conferring on the Freedman the blessing of a mind enlightened by a solemn sense of his new duties, and by a buoyant consciousness of his privileges...” and Mary says “As the children of Israel were led from captivity through the Red Sea; so it has been with the American slave but the sea in his case has been that of Human Blood...”, each on 1 side 8vo., The Orchard, Esher headed paper, 10th and 11th April
Item Date: 1868
–1869
Stock No. 43925