Black Abolitionist Archive
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Title: Charles Henry Langston Speaker or author: Langston, C. H. (Charles Henry), b. 1821? Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- State Historical Society of Wisconsin -- Pamphlet Collection
Eloquent speech delivered before a court about to pronounce sentence on the speaker for his actions in working against the Fugitive Slave Law. After his impassioned call for reason, justice, and humanity in the exercising of the Fugitive Slave Law, the speaker was fined $100 and sentenced to 20 days in jail. Description of file(s): PDF 13 page, 4,108 word document (text and images) Date published: 1859-05-12 Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: Constitution; court; Fugitive Slave Law; government; justice; law; liberty; Oberlin; Ohio; prejudice; safety; women |
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