Charles Edwards Lester

C. Edwards Lester

in 1840
Born 1815
Died 1890
Occupation Writer
Known for Abolitionism

Charles Edwards Lester or C. Edwards Lester (1815–90) was an American author and diplomat.

Charles Edwards Lester

Lester was born in Griswold, Connecticut, a descendant of Jonathan Edwards. He was of a roving disposition and traveled widely in the United States and Europe. He was admitted to the bar in Mississippi and later was ordained a minister in the Presbyterian church. In 1840, he addressed antislavery meetings in Massachusetts and was elected a delegate to the London antislavery conference of that year.[1] He did not return to the United States after the close of the conference but remained in England. His The Glory and Shame of England, published in New York in 1841, criticized England's antislavery professions. In 1842, President Tyler appointed Lester United States Consul at Genoa. He wrote:

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