Mary Estlin papers, 1840-1884 (inclusive), [microform]

6 reels.

English

Mary Estlin was the daughter of John B. Estlin (1785-1855), a prominent opthalmic surgeon of Bristol, England, a Unitarian reformer and anti-slavery supporter. She was a member of the Bristol and Clifton Auxiliary Ladies Anti-Slavery Society and maintained an extensive correspondence with fellow abolitionists in the United States. After the Civil War she transferred her energies to the Women's Rights campaign.

The papers consist of correspondence, pamphlets, and anti-slavery society records documenting the close connection between British and American anti-slavery reformers in the middle years of the nineteenth century.

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June 01, 2002

Abolitionists.