“…evangelicals were instrumental in advancing the ideal of companionate marriage, one built on shared faith and mutual affection, a revolutionary notion in an era in which forced marriages were a not-so-distant memory.”
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Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More—Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist
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