From:
William Winwood Reade
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 Dec 1869
Source of text:
DAR 176: 35
Summary:
Has seen some natives who express surprise by clapping the hand to mouth.
Reports on a tribe that sells its ugliest slaves in order to maintain its uniformly fine appearance.
In America in 1867 Darwinism was a fait accompli. Asa Gray’s religious defence unnecessary after Theodore Parker and Emerson.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project