Transcriber’s Note Italic text displayed as: _italic_ [Illustration: Decoration] A REPLY. [Illustration: Decoration] 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.” BY MRS. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, IN BEHALF OF MANY THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN WOMEN. [Illustration: Decoration] LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, SON, AND CO. 47, LUDGATE HILL. 1863. 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.” Signed by ANNA MARIA BEDFORD (_Duchess of Bedford_). OLIVIA CECILIA COWLEY (_Countess Cowley_). CONSTANCE GROSVENOR (_Countess Grosvenor_). HARRIET SUTHERLAND (_Duchess of Sutherland_). ELIZABETH ARGYLL (_Duchess of Argyll_). ELIZABETH FORTESCUE (_Countess Fortescue_). EMILY SHAFTESBURY (_Countess of Shaftesbury_). MARY RUTHVEN (_Baroness Ruthven_). M. A. MILMAN (_Wife of the Dean of St. Paul’s_). R. BUXTON (_Daughter of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton_). CAROLINE AMELIA OWEN (_Wife of Professor Owen_). MRS. CHARLES WINDHAM. C. A. HATHERTON (_Baroness Hatherton_). ELIZABETH DUCIE (_Countess Dowager of Ducie_). CECILIA PARKE (_Wife of Baron Parke_). MARY ANN CHALLIS (_Wife of the Lord Mayor of London_). E. GORDON (_Duchess Dowager of Gordon_). ANNA M. L. MELVILLE (_Daughter of Earl Leven and Melville_). GEORGIANA EBRINGTON (_Lady Ebrington_). A. HILL (_Viscountess Hill_). MRS. GOBAT (_Wife of Bishop Gobat of Jerusalem_). E. PALMERSTON (_Viscountess Palmerston_). and others. [Illustration: Decoration] A REPLY, ETC. SISTERS, More than eight years ago, you sent to us in America a document with the above heading. It is as follows:— “A common origin, a common faith, and, we sincerely believe, a common cause, urge us, at the present moment, to address you on the subject of that system of Negro Slavery which still prevails so extensively, and, even under kindly disposed masters, with such frightful results, in many of the vast regions of the Western world.