Black Abolitionist Archive
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Title: William Wells Brown Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 Newspaper or publication: Liberator Eloquent, knowledgable and intelligent rebuttal to a speech given by William Lowndes Yancey encouraging sucession, state's rights, and a continuation of slavery. Mr. Yancey, as a member of the "fire-eaters" (radical sucessionists) supported and encouraged events that lead up to the Civil War. Description of file(s): PDF 13 page, 3,710 word document (text and images) Date published: 1860 Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: Alabama; Articles of Confederation; Boston; cotton; Declaration of Independence; fire-eaters; government; state's rights; sucession; William Lowndes Yancey People: Yancey, William Lowndes Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches |
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