[ Women against slavery; US & GB ] Facsimile Autograph Letter Signed "Elizabeth Sutherland | Hon.Sec." to unnamed male correspondent about publication of women's anti-slavery literature.

One page, 12mo, bifolium, vestiges of glue from laying down, fold marks, good condition, text ("lithographed" is pencilled on the recto of the second leaf) clear and complete: "Ladies Committee for the Address from Women of Great Britain & Ireland to the Women of the United States on Slavery. [...] Sir | I beg to forward the enclosed papers for publication in your journal. | The address is being actively circularised for signature by a Ladies Committee in London & it is hoped that by a general movement in cooperation throughout the kingdom the address may be rendered worthy of the Country & of the important cause which it is intended to advance | I am your ded[icate]d ser[van]t | Elizabeth Sutherland | Hon. Sec." It is evident that several copies of this letter were sent to various journals (hence the use of lithography), but no other copy has been traced and no reference to this letter found. The Address, with a list of eminent female supporters (from Aristos to Mrs Charles Dickens), was published in "The Times", 29 November 1852, p.8 (image of article available). Note: A newspaper clipping on the recto of the second leaf contains an anecdote about the “Women’s Address on Slavery” (a meeting attended by Harriet Beecher Stowe) in which an enthusiastic American remarked “”Well, if we had such a queen, I guess we might get on very well at Washington”. B. The Duchess's interest in slavery attracted the attention of Karl Marx (Marx, Karl (12 March 1853). "The Duchess of Sutherland and Slavery". The People's Paper (45).) who accused her and Dickens, etc. of "telescopic philanthropy", seeking distant and remote causes rather than home issues. C. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, serialised from 1851, was published in 1852.