Black Abolitionist Archive
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Title: William Wells Brown Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 Newspaper or publication: Bristol Mercury Anecdotal speech given before a meeting on American slavery held in Bristol, England. The speaker recounted his own escape to freedom and stories of others who had done the same. He spoke of the horrors and injustices of slavery, and stressed the importance of the support of the British people in the abolition of slavery in the U.S. Description of file(s): PDF 5 page, 1,626 word document (text and images) Date published: 1850 Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: Britain; Daniel Webster; England; freedom; fugitive; Hungarians; Hungary; liberty; property People: Webster, Daniel Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches |
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