Black Abolitionist Archive

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Title: Samuel Ringgold Ward Speaker or author: Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817 Newspaper or publication: Liberator Speech responding to Daniel Webster's position on slavery and his recent speech regarding fugitive slaves. The speaker emphasized that slavery is unconstitutional. Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 230 word document (text and image) Date published: 1850-04-02 Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: Congress; Constitution; freedom; fugitive; Henry Bibb; liberty People: Bibb, Henry, b. 1815 Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches

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