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From:
Wendell Phillips Garrison
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Oct 1879
Source of text:
DAR 165: 8
Summary:

Sends CD his version for children of Journal of researches [What Mr Darwin saw].

During the last illness of his father, William Lloyd Garrison, WPG showed him CD’s passages on slavery.

"In combating the enemies of freedom in this country he [W. L. Garrison] emancipated himself from the theology the destruction of which is perhaps your highest title to the honor of your own time and the blessings of posterity."

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Wendell Phillips Garrison
Date:
[after 4 Oct 1879]
Source of text:
Garrison and Garrison 1885–9, 4: 199 n. 1
Summary:

Gratified to know that WPG’s father, William Lloyd Garrison, approved of CD’s words on slavery in Journal of researches.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Wendell Phillips Garrison
Date:
16 Oct 1879
Source of text:
Private collection
Summary:

Sends his thanks for the beautifully illustrated book for children [What Mr Darwin saw]

and for the memorials of William Lloyd Garrison. [See 12248.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Wendell Phillips Garrison
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
9 Nov 1879
Source of text:
DAR 165: 9
Summary:

Thanks CD for his good opinion of his book, What Mr Darwin saw,

and his expressions [concerning W. L. Garrison] "which will be treasured by his children".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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