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Smith, Goldwin 1823-
Author; born in Reading, England, Aug. 23, 1823; graduated at Oxford University in 1845; was Professor of Modern History at Oxford in 1858-66.
During the Civil War in the United States he was a stanch champion of the national government.
He visited the United States in 1864, and later was for a time honorary Professor of English and Constitutional History at Cornell University.
In 1871 he settled in Toronto, Canada.
He is widely known as an exponent of the idea that Canada will finally unite her political life with that of the United States.
His publications include Does the Bible sanction American slavery?
on the morality of the emancipation proclamation; A letter to a Whig member of the Southern Independence Association; England and America; The Civil War in America; The relations between England and America; The political destiny of Canada; William Lloyd garrison; History of the United States, etc.