T. Fisher Unwin, the
daughter of the English statesman, Richard Cobden. It seemed as
if both Mr. and Mrs. Unwin could not do enough for our comfort
and happiness. Later, for nearly a week, we were the guests of
the daughter of John Bright, now Mrs. Clark, of Street, England.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Clark, with their daughter, visited us at
Tuskegee the next year. In Birmingham, England, we were the
guests for several days of Mr. Joseph Sturge, whose father was a
great abolitionist and friend of Whittier and Garrison. It was a
great privilege to meet throughout England those who had known
and honoured the late William Lloyd Garrison, the Hon. Frederick
Douglass, and other abolitionists. The English abolitionists with
whom we came in contact never seemed to tire of talking about
these two Americans. Before going to England I had had no proper
conception of the deep interest displayed by the abolitionists of
England in the cause of freedom, nor did I realize the amount of
substantial help given by them.
In Bristol, England, both Mrs. Washington and I spoke at the
Women's Liberal Club. I was also the principal speaker at the
Commencement exercises of the Royal College for the Blind. These
exercises were held in the Crystal Palace, and the presiding
officer was the late Duke of Westminster, who was said to be, I
believe, the richest man in England, if not in the world.
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