A Conference Between An Advocate And An Opponent Of The Practice Of Burning Widows Alive

Features "A Second Conference Between an Advocate for, and an Opponent of the Practice of Burning Widows Alive," an imaginary dialogue written in 1820 by the Indian reformer Rammohan Roy (b.1772) arguing for and against sati, the practice of encouraging widows to burn themselves alive on their husband's funeral pyres. Information is presented as part of the book "Reading About the World, Volume 2," used in a world civilizations course by Washington State University.

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