Speaker or author: Powell, William P.
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
The speaker addressed a recent essay noting that slavery had become morally and ethically understood in the U. S. as "Negro slavery." In this sense, only one form of slavery was "right" and any other form of slavery was considered "wrong." The government could then condone enslaving one segment of humanity and denounce and abhor enslaving any other. If slavery was admissible, he argued, then enslaving white people should be admissible as well. He also addressed the current conception that the slaves were content in their condition.
Description of file(s): PDF 6 page, 1,558 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Powell, William P.
Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard
Speech denouncing the Fugitive Slave Law, and requesting financial help to further the fight for the abolition of slavery.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 721 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Powell, William P.
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
Speech promoting and encouraging the education of African American children.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 525 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Powell, William P.
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 10897 is a duplicate of this speech.)
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 768 word document (text and images)