Speaker or author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
Newspaper or publication: Anti-Slavery Bugle
The speaker addressed the issues of slave trading and "slave raising," and stressed that the acceptance of these had been passed down from generation to generation. As a mulatto, he believed he offered a type of bridge between races. He related a story of the kindness shown to him in Massachusetts that he hadn't known before, but stressed that this bit of kindness had not stopped him from working to end slavery.
Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 878 word document (text and images)
Date published: 1855
Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century
Keywords: Africa; ancestry; Declaration of Independence; Dr. Nehemiah Adams; mulatto; slave trade
People: Adams, Dr. Nehemiah
Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches