Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Mary Anne Estlin, 1865 May 31
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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Richard Davis Webb writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to the outcome of the American Civil War. He compares the clemency shown to Southern leaders with the death sentences that resulted from the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848, stating "if any men deserve to be hanged, they do." He writes strongly of his beliefs on the American Civil War. He believes it will be a long time before freedmen get equal rights. He gives his opinion of the character and reputation of certain abolitionists.
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- Abolitionists
- African Americans
- Antislavery Movements
- Civil Rights
- Civil War
- Civil War, 1861 1865
- Correspondence
- England
- Equality Before The Law
- Estlin, Mary Anne 1820 1902
- Foreign Public Opinion
- Freedmen
- Great Britain
- History
- Newspapers
- Public Opinion
- Publishers And Publishing
- Publishing
- Race Relations
- Reconstruction (U.S. History, 1865 1877)
- Slaver
- Slavery
- United States
- Webb, Richard Davis 1805 1872
- Women
- Women Abolitionists
- Women Social Reformers