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Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884

Newspaper or publication: Liberator

Speech denouncing the Fugitive Slave Bill emphasizing the penalities placed on those who help fugitive slaves and, the cruelties the bill allows to be placed on those who are captured using it.

Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 656 word document (text and images)

Date published: 1850

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

Keywords: Canada; Congress; Constitution; Daniel Webster; England; Fugitive Slave Bill; government; law

People: Webster, Daniel

Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches

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