Robert Southey to Thomas Pringle about South American slaves - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC00496.229
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to 1828
Title	Robert Southey to Thomas Pringle about South American slaves
Date	28 July 1833
Author	Southey, Robert (1774-1843)
Recipient	Pringle, Thomas
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Discusses his health and the conditions of South American natives forced into slavery. Complains about his past treatment by the Quarterly Review and their offers of meager compensation.
Subjects	Literature and Language Arts Poetry African American History Slavery Latin and South America Finance Health and Medical
People	Southey, Robert (1774-1843) Pringle, Thomas (1789-1834)
Place written	Keswick, England
Theme	Arts & Literature; Slavery & Abolition; Health & Medicine; Foreign Affairs
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information	Pringle was a Scottish abolitionist and poet. Southey, an English author, enjoyed great popularity and renown in his day and was made poet laureate in 1813.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide "Dutch, English, French, Spaniard or Portugese; it matters not what the race may be - whenever the desire of gain becomes the main principle of action, nations are degraded and individuals brutalized."