Black Abolitionist Archive

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Title: Henry Highland Garnet Speaker or author: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882 Newspaper or publication: Liberator The speaker read the Emancipation Proclamation aloud to a cheering audience and urged African Americans to join the Union army in the Civil War's continued fighting. Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 830 word document (text and images) Date published: 1863 Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: Abraham Lincoln; Civil War; Democratic party; Emancipation Proclamation; government; Horace Greeley; Jefferson Davis; John Brown; liberty; Newspapers; patriotism; Republican Party; Sons of Freedom People: Brown, John; Davis, Jefferson; Greeley, Horace; Lincoln, Abraham Publication type: Speeches

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