Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland
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Oct 22, 2026
Bruce CarlsonHOST
But can you do that at the same time, maybe abhorring the issue that she's defending, which in this case was slavery? And it begins in late 1852.
Bruce CarlsonHOST
Harriet Sutherland Gower, who is the Duchess of Sutherland, organizes what became known as the Stafford House Address.
Bruce CarlsonHOST
This is a big document that goes across the world.
Bruce CarlsonHOST
She persuades many of Britain's leading aristocratic women, and they sign an appeal expressing sympathy for enslaved women in America, in the South, and urge American women to oppose slavery.
Bruce CarlsonHOST
If Tyler responds, well, that's not going to work.
Bruce CarlsonHOST
So Julia Tyler decides to answer personally.
Bruce CarlsonHOST
And her essay is Miss J.C. Tyler to the Duchess of Sutherland and is published February 1853.
Bruce CarlsonHOST
Now.
Andrew CotterHOST
So, I mean, the clearances are quite complex, but...
Andrew CotterHOST
Yes, although it was more the Duchess of Sutherland or Countess of Sutherland, I can't remember what she was, because she was sort of the Scottish noblewoman.
Andrew CotterHOST
But he was from, what was it called, the Leveson-Gower family.
Andrew CotterHOST
And they made all their money from the Bridgewater Canal, which is near where I live here.
Christopher J. LeahyGUEST
Um, she becomes fully enmeshed in it, probably almost in like kind of an unthinking decision, um, takes on the persona of a, of a woman who is part of this slave system and, you know, really becomes someone who almost doesn't recognize herself the way she was when she was a teenager.
Christopher J. LeahyGUEST
Uh, in 1853, she will, uh, write a reply to the Duchess of Sutherland.
Christopher J. LeahyGUEST
The Duchess of Sutherland, uh, was an English woman, elite English woman, who had organized dozens of English women to come up with a letter to pressure American women to pressure their husbands for the abolition of slavery.
Christopher J. LeahyGUEST
And Julia takes it upon herself to reply very, um, you know, very dignified reply, yet also indignant reply about the British meddling in the slave system of the South.
Christopher J. LeahyGUEST
And by the time Virginia secedes from the Union, and b- by the time the Civil War comes about, um, it is clear that Julia Gardiner Tyler has become thoroughly Southern.
Christopher J. LeahyGUEST
Um, she becomes fully enmeshed in it, probably almost in like kind of an unthinking decision, um, takes on the persona of a, of a woman who is part of this slave system, and, you know, really becomes someone who almost doesn't recognize herself the way she was when she was a teenager.
Christopher J. LeahyGUEST
Uh, in 1853, she will, uh, write a reply to the Duchess of Sutherland.
Christopher J. LeahyGUEST
The Duchess of Sutherland, uh, was an English woman, elite English woman, who had organized dozens of English women to come up with a letter to pressure American women to pressure their husbands for the abolition of slavery.
Christopher J. LeahyGUEST
And Julia takes it upon herself to reply very, um, you know, very dignified reply, yet also indignant reply about the British meddling in the slave system of the South.
Christopher J. LeahyGUEST
And by the time Virginia secedes from the Union and b- by the time the Civil War comes about, um, it is clear that Julia Gardiner Tyler has become thoroughly Southern.
Christopher J. LeahyGUEST
Um, she becomes fully enmeshed in it, probably almost in a kind of an unthinking decision, um, takes on the persona of a, of a woman who is part of this slave system and, you know, really becomes someone who almost doesn't recognize herself the way she was when she was a teenager.
Christopher J. LeahyGUEST
Uh, in 1853, she will, uh, write a reply to the Duchess of Sutherland.
Christopher J. LeahyGUEST
The Duchess of Sutherland, uh, was an English woman, elite English woman, who had organized dozens of English women to come up with a letter to pressure American women to pressure their husbands for the abolition of slavery.
Christopher J. LeahyGUEST
And Julia takes it upon herself to reply very, um, you know, very dignified reply, yet also indignant reply about the British meddling in the slave system of the South.
Christopher J. LeahyGUEST
And by the time Virginia secedes from the Union and b- by the time the Civil War comes about- Um, it is clear that Julia Gardiner Tyler has become thoroughly Southern.