David Lee Child

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David Lee Child (July 8, 1794 – September 18, 1874) was an American journalist, best known for the independence of his character, and the boldness with which he denounced social wrongs and abuses. He worked closely with his wife, Lydia Maria Child.^[1]

Early life and education

Child was born in West Boylston, Massachusetts, on July 8, 1794, and graduated from Harvard in 1817.

Career

Child worked for some time as the sub-master of the

• The Taking of Naboth's Vineyard
  OCLC 457657810
• The Texan Revolution,
  OCLC 982179493
• Child, David Lee (1861). Rights and duties of the United States relative to slavery under the laws of war: No military power to return any slave. "Contraband of war" inapplicable between the United States and their insurgent enemies. R. F. Wallcut.
• Child, David Lee (1840). The Culture of the Beet, and Manufacture of Beet Sugar. Weeks, Jordan & Company.
• Child, David Lee (1826). An Oration Pronounced before the Republicans of Boston, July 4, 1826, the Fiftieth Anniversary of American Independence. Boston.

Later life and death

Child died in Wayland, Massachusetts, on September 18, 1874, of natural causes.

Personal life

With his wife, novelist Lydia Maria Child, Child edited the Anti-Slavery Standard in New York in 1843–1844.

Notes

References

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Child, David Lee" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.

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