Project Gutenberg 2023-04-21 Public domain in the USA. 210 Stowe, Harriet Beecher 1811 1896 Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Crowfield, Christopher Stowe, H. B. (Harriet Beecher) 34002746 A reply to "The affectionate and Christian address of many thousands of women of Great Britain and Ireland, to their sisters, the women of the United States of America." $aUnited Kingdom :$bSampson Low, Son, and Co., $c1863. The "address" was a protest against slavery in the United States, signed by over 500,000 women, several years before the Civil War. Mrs. Stowe is now protesting against British sympathy with the Confederate states. Bob Taylor, Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "A Reply to 'The Affectionate and Christian Address of Many Thousands of Women…'" by Harriet Beecher Stowe is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. This work serves as a response to a significant address made by British women to their American sisters concerning the issue of slavery in the United States. Stowe elaborates on the ongoing struggles against slavery in America and the moral imperatives driving these efforts, particularly emphasizing the shared Christianity and humanity that underpin the abolitionist movement. The opening of this text sets the tone for a powerful moral discourse as it introduces the historical context of the address sent from British women, collecting over half a million signatures in support of abolition. Stowe highlights the profound implications of the address for American women, articulating their experiences and actions in the anti-slavery movement since it was received. Against the backdrop of civil war and escalating tensions over slavery, she asserts the commitment of American women to respond to this clarion call, while also addressing the pain of the war and the implications of British sympathy towards the Confederacy. This section establishes a compelling narrative of moral conviction and activism in a pivotal era of American history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/replytotheaffect00stowiala 20211126230520stowe 1863 GB Reading ease score: 64.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Slavery -- United States United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Foreign public opinion E456 Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) 160269 2025-09-28T05:20:00.261707 text/html 158022 2023-04-21T21:32:48 text/html 447648 2025-09-28T05:20:04.987700 application/epub+zip 448675 2025-09-28T05:20:01.542676 application/epub+zip 261537 2025-09-28T05:20:00.837677 application/epub+zip 1052138 2025-09-28T05:20:07.457661 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1033204 2025-09-28T05:20:04.231668 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 124341 2025-09-28T05:19:59.750670 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 124149 2023-04-21T21:32:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19206 2025-09-28T05:20:07.604610 application/rdf+xml 17914 2025-09-28T05:20:01.059652 image/jpeg 2255 2025-09-28T05:20:00.945683 image/jpeg 47658 2023-04-21T21:32:49 application/octet-stream application/zip 692472 2023-04-21T21:32:49 application/octet-stream application/zip 707751 2025-09-28T05:20:00.314695 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia