Black Abolitionist Archive
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Title: James McCune Smith Speaker or author: Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865 Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard Overview of speech offered in protest of the Fugitive Slave Bill that was contributing to the kidnapping of nominally free black citizens of New York. Emphasis was placed on the recent experience in this regard of James Hamlet, who escaped after being kidnapped to be sold into slavery. (Speech 10898(a) is a duplicate of this speech.) Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 365 word document (text and images) Date published: 1850-10-01 Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: British; Daniel Webster; family; freedom; Fugitive Slave Bill; Henry Clay; Horace Greeley; James Hamlet; liberty People: Clay, Henry; Greeley, Horace; Webster, Daniel Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches |
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