Lydia Maria Child is the author of Letters from New York, The Evils of Slavery, and the Cure of Slavery. The First Proved by the Opinions of Southerners Themselves; the Last Shown by Historical Evidence. Second Edition, Authentic Anecdotes of American Slavery, The family nurse, or, Companion of the frugal housewife, ed. by an eminent physician, An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans.