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. The Duke, as well as his
wife and their daughter, seemed to be pleased with what I said, and
thanked me heartily. Through the kindness of Lady Aberdeen, my wife
and I were enabled to go with a party of those who were attending the
International Congress of Women, then in session in London, to see
Queen Victoria, at Windsor Castle, where, afterward, we were all the
guests of her Majesty at tea.
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