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Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Liberator
Speaker commented on the comparison Frederick Douglass made between the rescue of William "Jerry" Henry in Syracuse and the case of the fugitive Anthony Burns in Boston.
Description of file(s): PDF 1 page, 204 word document (text and image)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Presscopy -- E. G. Bormann, Ed., Forerunners of Black Power, p. 166-173
Speech delivered amidst fears of the dissolution of the Union based on racial tension and issues of hatred and slavery. (Speech 15303 is a duplicate of this speech.)
Description of file(s): PDF 8 page, 3,293 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Newspaper or publication: Frederick Douglass' Paper
Speech comparing the fugitive slave rescue experiences in Syracuse with similar rescues in Boston. The speaker stressed that injustices and prejudices are not only prevalent in both cities, but in the entire country.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 754 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Grimes, Leonard A., 1815-1874
Newspaper or publication: National Anti-Slavery Standard
Speech relating the efforts of the speaker to buy the fugitive slave Anthony Burns from his master.
Description of file(s): PDF 2 page, 381 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Remond, Sarah Parker, 1826-1887?
Newspaper or publication: Warrington Standard
Speech regarding the injustices of slavery in the U.S. especially concerning the treatment of women and children. The speaker gave examples of the differences in how free African Americans were treated in the north versus the south, and related examples of the injustice of legislation aimed at keeping the system of slavery in place.
Description of file(s): PDF 4 page, 1,154 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Watkins, William J.
Newspaper or publication: Frederick Douglass' Paper
Impassioned speech delivered on the anniversary of the emancipation of the British West Indies. The speaker stressed that while this was a cause to celebrate, the continuation of slavery in the U.S. was evidence that there was still more work to be done. The speaker emphasized the history of the fight for freedom that accompanied the history of slavery. He stresssed that slavery was not vanquished until both issues were resolved.
Description of file(s): PDF 25 page, 5,747 word document (text and images)