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Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873

Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Society

Speech against the plans of the American Colonization Society. The speaker expressed his belief that colonization was inspired by the institution of American slavery as a way of solving the issue of slavery without allowing freed slaves to become members of American society.

Description of file(s): PDF 11 page, 3,577 word document (text and images)

Date published: 1849-04-22

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

Keywords: Africa; American Colonization Society; Elliot Cresson; Free Soil movement; freedom; George T. Downing; H. C. Wright; Henry Clay; Liberia; Thomas Sturge

People: Clay, Henry; Cresson, Elliot; Downing, George T.; Sturge, Thomas; Wright, H. C.

Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches

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