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Record Number: 9887


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Harriet Martineau to Elizabeth Pease, 27 February 1841: 'I have read the statements in "Right and Wrong among the Abolitionists of the United States", with respect to the differences between the two antislavery societies in America, with a strong and painful interest [...] I am not more firmly persuaded of anything, than that those who [...] listen to one side only, or refuse to hear either, are doing the deepest injury in their power to the antislavery cause'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Feb 1841 and 27 Feb 1841

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Tynemouth
county: Northumberland

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Harriet Martineau

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

12 Jun 1802

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Unitarian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Right and Wrong among the Abolitionists of the United States

Genre:

Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

9887

Source:

Print

Author:

Harriet Martineau

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Harriet Martineau's Autobiography with Memorials by Maria Weston Chapman

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1877

Vol:

3

Page:

235

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Martineau, Harriet Martineau's Autobiography with Memorials by Maria Weston Chapman (London, 1877), 3, p. 235, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=9887, accessed: 27 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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