Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Impassioned speech defending the speaker's assertion that the U.S. government is composed of "liars and hypocrites" who dare to celebrate the July 4th freedom of a nation which continues to hold millions of enslaved people.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 806 word document (text and images)
Date published: 1859
Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century
Keywords: celebration; emancipation; England; freedom; independence; July 4th; liberty; Wendell Phillips; West Indies; William Lloyd Garrison
People: Garrison, William Lloyd; Phillips, Wendell
Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches