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Moncure Daniel Conway
1832–1907
A Virginia-born minister who broke with his slaveholding background, he became a fierce abolitionist, an independent religious thinker, and a prolific man of letters. His life bridges American reform, transatlantic debate, and the restless intellectual spirit of the 19th century.
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
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
Solomon and Solomonic Literature
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 Virginia in 1832, Moncure Daniel Conway was raised in a prominent slaveholding family, but his views changed dramatically as he grew older. Educated at Dickinson College and later at Harvard Divinity School, he moved through several religious identities over the course of his life, serving at different times as a Methodist minister, a Unitarian, and eventually a freethinker.
Conway became known for his outspoken opposition to slavery and for the independence of his mind. During the Civil War era, he was active in reform circles and later spent much of his life in England and France, where he wrote widely on history, religion, biography, and politics. He is especially remembered for his writings on Thomas Paine and for the way he connected American and European intellectual life.
What makes Conway especially interesting is the tension at the center of his story: he came from the old South, yet became one of its sharpest dissenters. That personal journey gives his memoirs, essays, and biographies a distinctive voice—curious, candid, and deeply engaged with the moral arguments of his time.