Maria Lydia Child and the Abolitionist Cause

Abstract

This bachelor paper is concerned with Maria Lydia Child, an American writer of the 19th century. The aim of the paper is to analyze her attitude to the issues of slavery and the abolitionist cause. At the beginning of the paper, the life of Maria Lydia Child and the development of slavery in the United States are briefly described. The body of the paper focuses on Child's opinions concerning the bad treatment of slaves such as slaves' whipping or separating their families. It also deals with slave trade and the economic effect of slavery. One chapter is devoted to ChildMaleCharacterss correspondence with Governor Wise and Mrs. Mason, of Virginia. The paper is based on Child's works An Appeal in Favor Of That Class Of Americans Called Africans; Anti-Slavery Catechism; The Evils of Slavery and the Cure of Slavery; Authentic Anecdotes of American Slavery and the relevant secondary sources.