Programme of a Musical and Dramatic Entertainment to be Given By the Ladies' Committee of St. Paul's Road Chapel, at South Place Chapel, Finsbury, on Saturday, December 18, 1875, in Aid of the Funds of Mr. Conway's Chapel, St. Paul's Road, Camden Road.

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20,5 x 13 cm. On purple paper. Rare. "The Conway Hall Ethical Society, formerly the South Place Ethical Society, based in London at Conway Hall, is thought to be the oldest surviving freethought organisation. 1863, Conway, Moncure Daniel 1832-1907) was asked by American abolitionists to go to London to convince the United Kingdom that the American Civil War was a war of abolition. Under English influence, Conway eventually contacted the Confederate States of America. on behalf of the leading antislavery men of America," offering the preservation of the Confederacy after the war's end in exchange for emancipation of the slaves. In 1868 Conway was one of four speakers at the first open public meeting in support of women's suffrage in Great Britain" (Wiki). N° de ref. del artículo 359549

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