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Moncure Daniel Conway
1832–1907
Raised in a Virginia slaveholding family, he became one of the 19th century’s most outspoken abolitionist voices. His life carried him from the Methodist ministry to Unitarianism and freethought, and from the American South to literary and reform circles in London and Paris.
7 Audiobooks
Demonology and Devil-lore
by Moncure Daniel Conway
George Washington's Rules of Civility Traced to their Sources and Restored by Moncure D. Conway
by George Washington, Moncure Daniel Conway
Solomon and Solomonic Literature
by Moncure Daniel Conway
The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. 2. (of 2) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England
by Moncure Daniel Conway
The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. 1. (of 2) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett
by Moncure Daniel Conway
Travels in South Kensington with Notes on Decorative Art and Architecture in England
by Moncure Daniel Conway
The wandering Jew
by Moncure Daniel Conway
About the author
Born in Stafford County, Virginia, in 1832, Moncure Daniel Conway grew up in a world tied closely to slavery, but his views changed dramatically as a young man. After studying at Dickinson College and entering the Methodist ministry, he moved toward Unitarianism and became known for his strong antislavery convictions.
During the years before and during the Civil War, Conway wrote and lectured energetically against slavery. He is also remembered for helping enslaved people connected to his family reach freedom. Over time, his religious outlook kept evolving as well, and he became associated not only with liberal Christianity but also with freethought.
Conway spent much of the later part of his life in England and France, where he built a reputation as a prolific writer, lecturer, and biographer. Among his best-known works are studies of Thomas Paine and Nathaniel Hawthorne, and his career reflects a restless, curious mind that kept crossing boundaries of region, religion, and politics.