Black Abolitionist Archive

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Title: William Craft Speaker or author: Craft, William Newspaper or publication: Western Times Speech relating the speaker's experiences as a slave and his subsequent escape. The speaker also denounced the recently passed Fugitive Slave Law. Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 1,219 word document (text and images) Date published: 1851 Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: chattel; Ellen Craft; freedom; fugitive; Fugitive Slave Law; liberty; property People: Craft, Ellen Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches

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