Southey, Robert (1774-1843) to Thomas Pringle
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.229 Author/Creator: Southey, Robert (1774-1843) Place Written: Keswick, England Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 July 1833 Pagination: 3 p. : address : docket ; 22.7 x 18.4 cm. Order a Copy
Discusses his health and the conditions of South American natives forced into slavery. Complains about his past treatment by the Quarterly Review and their offers of meager compensation.
Pringle was a Scottish abolitionist and poet. Southey, an English author, enjoyed great popularity and renown in his day and was made poet laureate in 1813.
"Dutch, English, French, Spaniard or Portugese; it matters not what the race may be - whenever the desire of gain becomes the main principle of action, nations are degraded and individuals brutalized."
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