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."Stowe, Harriet Beecher
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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."
Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Slavery -- United States; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Foreign public opinion
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