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Speaker or author: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882

Newspaper or publication: Patriot

Speech regarding the damage slaveholding in the U.S. had done not only to humanity, but to the U.S. and everything it stood for. The speaker emphasized that worst among the negative impact slavery has succeeded in having on the U.S. in this respect are the efforts of the American Colonization Society.

Description of file(s): PDF 7 page, 2,038 word document (text and images)

Date published: 1851-05-19

Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century

Keywords: Africa; American Colonization Society; Britain; Colonization; Daniel Webster; England; freedom; Henry Clay; Liberia; liberty

People: Clay, Henry; Webster, Daniel

Organization: British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society

Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches

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